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AP world 16
| Tribute system | A set of practices requiring a show of subordination from all non-Chinese authorities and a payment of tribute to the Chinese emperor.In return, they would receive trading right and valuable gifts. |
| Xiongnu Empire | An imperial state made by the nomadic steppe people who inhabited the Northern lands of China, stretching from Manchuria to Central Asia in the 2nd and 3rd century CE. |
| Silla Kingdom | The first ruling dynasty to bring political unity to the Korean Peninsula from 690 to 900 CE. |
| Hangul | A phonetic alphabet developed in Korea in the 15th century. |
| Shotoku Taishi | A Japanese statesman who launched the drive to make Japan into a centralized bureaucratic state from 570 to 620 CE |
| Bushido | The martial values of Japanese samurai, including bravery, loyalty, and death over surrender. |
| Chu nom | A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam, becoming the basis for an independent nation literature. |