1. New Kingdoms in East Asia

2. Korea Chinese officials recorded early Korean history
Adopted Neo-Confucianism and Mahayana Buddhism
Chinese characters and woodblock printing were improved upon

3. Early Korean Woodblock

5. Vietnam Adopted Confucian bureaucracy and Mahayana Buddhism
N. Kingdom of Dai Viet influenced by China
S. Kingdom of Champa influenced by India, Indonesia
Both owed tribute to China

6. Japan Earliest history comes from Chinese sources
7th c. Taika modeled on Chinese system
Role of Tenno differed from Chinese model
Kamakura Shogunate est. in 12thc. began period of decentralized military rule (samurai replaced Fujiwara)
Fujiwara court life was documented in the Tale of Genji

7. Murasaki Shikibu