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Eastern Asia

An Lushan rebellion
8th century rebellion in Tang dynasty China
Balhae
Ancient kingdom in Asia (698–926)
Battle of Talas
751 battle between the Abbasid and Tang dynasties
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Period of Chinese history 907–979
Fujiwara clan
Powerful family of regents in Japan
Genpei War
Conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans of feudal Japan (1180-85)
Goguryeo–Sui War
Conflict between Sui dynasty of China and Goguryeo Kingdom of Korea
Goguryeo–Tang War
Tang-Korean war of 7th century
Goryeo
Korean dynasty (918–1392)
Heian period
Period of Japanese history from 794 to 1185
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Jurchen-led imperial dynasty of China
Jingkang incident
12 century battle during the Jin–Song Wars
Jin–Song wars
Series of Jurchen military campaigns against the Song Dynasty
Kamakura shogunate
Feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period (1192-1333)
Kenmu Restoration
Period of Japanese history, 1333–1336
Khitan people
Nomadic people who founded the Liao dynasty in China
Later Three Kingdoms
Period of Korean history (892–936), during which the southern Korean peninsula was fragmented into three states (Taebong, Hubaekje, and Silla), until they were eventually reunified by Goryeo
Liao dynasty
Khitan imperial dynasty of China (916–1125)
Mongol conquest of China
13th-century military campaigns
Mongol invasions of Japan
Failed invasions of 1274 and 1281
Mongol invasions of Korea
1231–1271 Mongol Yuan conquests
Muromachi period
Period of Japanese history from 1336-1573, under the rule of the Ashikaga shogunate
Ninja
Type of covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan
Northern Yuan
Former empire in East Asia
Shogun
Military dictators of Japan 1185–1868
Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
Spread of Buddhism through the Silk Road
Silla
Korean kingdom (57 BCE – 935 CE)
Song dynasty
Chinese imperial dynasty from 960 to 1279
Sui dynasty
Dynasty that ruled over China from 581 to 618
Tang dynasty
Imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
Tibetan Empire
Empire of the 7th to 9th centuries AD
Western Xia
Dynasty in northwest China (1038–1227)
Yuan dynasty
Mongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368)