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This Chinese philosopher said:““Do to no one what you would Do to no one what you would not wish others to do to you.”not wish others to do to you.”

Confucius

This religious philosophy was developed during the Tang Dynasty to appeal to followers of Buddhism.

Neo-Confucianism

Followers of the strict version of this religion believed that only monks, nuns, and saints had any hope of reaching Nirvana.

Buddhism

This religion almost completely replaced Buddhism in India after the fall of the Gupta Dynasty.

Hinduism

In India, conflict between these two world religions continues to the present day.

Islam and Hinduism

China and Japan had dramatically different histories in part because while China emerged on the world’s largest continent, Japan developed on one of these.

Archipelago

The map below shows the area controlledby this Chinese Dynasty.

Sui Dynasty

Both the Mauryan Empire and the Gupta Dynasty first were established in Magadha, to take advantage of farming and trade on this river.

Ganges River

The map below shows the territory controlledby China, after this Dynasty retreated.

Song Dynasty

This map shows that the Ghazni had conqueredthis geographic region of Northern India.

Indus Valley

The period controlled by this Dynasty is regarded as the golden age of Indian culture.

Gupta Dynasty

The painting below is an example ofthis kind of artistic tradition:

Daoist

The Kushans were patrons of this kind of art, which was a combination of Greek and Indian styles.

Gandharan

This Southeast Asian building is shownin the picture below:

Angkor Wat

This Chinese poet wrote:

“Beside my bed the bright moonbeams boundAlmost as if there were frost on the ground.Raising up, I gaze at the Mountain moon.Lying back of think of my old home town.”

Li Bo (Li Bai)

During the Tang Dynasty this ceramic technique was invented. Baked at very high temperatures it acquired a glass-like quality. Europe did not develop this technique until the 18th century.

Porcelain

The rise of the Samurai class in Japan probably would not have happened without this Tang Dynasty invention.

Steel

After the invention of printing in the Tang Dynasty, this is the earliest known printeddocument in the world.

Diamond Sutra

In addition to understanding the importance of spinal cord, and developing a kind of “plastic surgery,” the Indian Gupta Dynasty made these 2 other medical advancements.

Setting bones &

Sterilizing wounds

In addition to developing a numbers system similar to our modern Arabic numbers, and a table of sines, the Indian Gupta Dynasty accomplished these other 3 mathematical advancements.

negative numbers,square root of 2,

&the value of Pi

The Islamic city of Melaka became the economic trading rival to this otherSoutheast Asia city.

Majapahit

Throughout early Japanese history, aristocratic families would find ways to avoid this, making it impossible to maintain a centralized government.

paying taxes

Eventually this Mongol Dynasty suffered the same fate as all previous large empires:

1. Overextended resources2. Corruption3. Instability caused by discontent citizens

Yuan Dynasty

In this region, economic power and control over the Indian Ocean and South China Seatrading routes determined which kingdomwas the most powerful.

Southeast Asia

By the end of the Tang Dynasty, this religionwas no longer supported by the government because it encouraged people to live in monasteries instead of contributing to the Chinese economy.

Buddhism