Chapter 12

1. Grandson of Ghenghis Khan who assumed the title of Great Khan and ruled the entire Mongolian empire
4. A printer that could arrange individual blocks with characters in a frame to make a page for printing
6. Nomadic kinship groups who claimed ancestery from a common ancestor
8. The universal ruler of all Mongol clans who led the conquering of most of Asia and specialized in brutality for success
12. The body gaurds name that surrounded the japanese Lords and lived by the Bushido
13. Peoples who herded animals and were always on the move to find pastures
15. The first Tang emperor who began Tang achievements

1. A southeast asian empire centered in present day Cambodia whose power reached its peak around 1200 A.D.
2. A temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated the the Hindu god Vishnu
3. The name for the Mongol Peace where there was imposed stability and law across most of Eurasia
5. A demanding code of behavior for which a all Japanese warriors were to live by
7. The varied customs and beliefs that combined to create Japan's earliest religion called...
9. A dynasty that ruled Korea and modeld its central government off China and created a civil service system
10. The Korean empress who held power behind the scenes until taking title of emperor of China, the only woman to ever do so in china
11. A young venetian trader who traveled by caravan on the Silk roads and worked alongside Kublai Khan in the mongol empire
14. The supreme general of the emperor's army and had the powers of a military dictator
16. A large upper call made up of scholars and their families that attained status through education and wealth