Under this form of Buddhism, there are different paths to enlightenment.
The ***** Peninsula, only slightly larger than the state of Minnesota, is relatively mountainous.
Influenced by ******, artists went into the mountains to find the Dao, or Way, in nature.
When news of the Mongol conquests in Asia reached Europe, ********** traveled to Mongol territories to learn about them.
Three religions--Buddhism, *************, and Islam-- spread along the Silk Road.
Neo-Confucianism teaches that the world is real, not an ********.
Kublai Khan set up a new Chinese dynasty, the Yuan, and established his capital at *********.
The invention of block printing in the eighth century provided new ways to ***********.
The highpoint of Chinese mathematics occurred in the 1200s with the emergence of a system of *******.
After the king of **** was assassinated, Korea sank into civil war.
The once-united empire of Genghis Khan was split into several separate territories called ********, each under the rule of one of his sons.
In 581, a new empire was set up under this dynasty.
During much of the history of early Japan. aristocratic men believed that prose fiction was merely "****** gossip" and was thus beneath them.
"The teachings of the elders," a school of Buddhism that developed in India; its followers view Buddhism as a way of life.
In 109 B.C., the northern part of the Korea Peninsula came under ******* control.
The ********** were one of the first peoples in Southeast Asia to develop their own state and their own culture.
"Those who serve"; Japanese warriors similar to the knights of medieval Europe.
Empty spaces were left in Daoist paintings because in the Daoist ******, one cannot know the whole truth.
This cruel ruler used forced labor to build the Grand Canal, which he used to keep a eye on his empire.
Wu Zhao was an effective empress during this early dynasty.