The ****** increase in China meant that less land was available for each family.
The victorious Manchus declared the creation of a new dynasty called the Qing, meaning "******."
It was during the ****** dynasty that Europeans gained their first in-depth look at the brilliance of Chinese civilization.
From their capital at ******, Yi rulers consolidated their rule of Korea by adopting the Chinese example of a strong bureaucratic state.
The greatest Japanese poet who wrote poetry about nature in the 17th century.
"The Golden Lotus" is considered to be the first realistic ****** novel.
The ****** style of kingship was rooted in the political traditions of India and shared many characteristics of the Buddhist system.
In 1644 ****** invaders from north of China founded the Qing dynasty.
Under Tokugawa ******, all missionaries were expelled, and Japanese Christians were persecuted.
Women who had bound feet were more ****** than those who did not.
He ruled from 1736 to 1795 and under him the Qing dynasty experienced the greatest period of prosperity and reached its greatest physical size.
Hideyoshi wanted to use Korea as the ****** route for his conquest of China.
A type of Tokugawa drama that dealt with the world of teahouses and dance halls in the cities.
Approximately 250 domains into which Japan was divided under the Tokugawa.
Because it was off-limits to commoners, the Imperial City was known as the ****** City.
Perhaps most famous of all the arts of the Ming Era was blue-and-white ******.
Similar to the English alphabet, the Korean ***** writing system is phonetically based.
He ruled from 1661 to 1722 and was perhaps the greatest of the emperors who ruled China during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
In 1689, during Kangxi's reign, China and Russia signed the Treaty of ******.
Japan's outcast class, whose way of life was strictly regulated by the Tokugawa.
The braided pigtail that was traditionally worn by Chinese males in the Qing dynasty.
During the Tokugawa Era, this writer was considered one of Japan's greatest.
The ****** dynasty in China was overthrown in 1368.