
The Silk Roads
c. 200–900 CE
A vast trade network that connected people across Asia and helped to spread religions like Buddhism

The Han Dynasty
206 BCE–220 CE
Confucianism and Daoism are revived, Buddhism arrives, and trade along the Silk Roads flourishes
Important terms and concepts
Han dynasty
Xin Zhui (Lady Dai)
Silk
Lacquer
Archer Yì 後羿
Cháng’é 嫦娥
Nüwa
Sui Dynasty
581-618 CE
A short-lived period of unification before the golden age of the Tang dynasty
Tang Dynasty
618–906 CE
A period marked by cosmopolitanism and a blossoming of arts and culture
Important terms and concepts
Silk Roads
Trade route
Sancai
Ink painting
Cultural diffusion
Buddhism
The Seljuq Empire
10th–14th centuries
A large empire that spanned West and Central Asia
Important terms and concepts
Seljuqs (Seljuks)
Min’ai ware
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