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  1. The Medieval Period in India
    1. caste system
    2. Islam
    3. Hinduism in Medieval India
      1. Brahma - creator
      2. Vishnu - preserver
      3. Shiva - regeneration
    4. Indian Regligious Literature
    5. Indian poetry
    6. Indian Architecture
      1. Hindu temple: private, individual devotion
      2. designed on cosmic mandala and governed by divine numerology
      3. Kandariya Mahadeo temple
    7. Indian Music and Dance
      1. melodic sequences: ragas
      2. rhythms: talas
      3. music inseparable from the dance
  2. The Medieval Period in China
    1. China in the Tang Era
      1. Confucianism
      2. ban on Buddhism
      3. Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism
      4. dwarfed the Carolingian Empire
      5. Tang bureaucrats
      6. civil service examinations
      7. position of women
    2. China in the Song Era
      1. cultural and technological advancements
      2. bodhisattva of compassion feminized
    3. Technology in the Tang and Song Eras
      1. printing
      2. water mill
      3. wheelbarrow
      4. gunpowder and foot stirrup
    4. Chinese Literature
    5. Chinese Music and Poetry
      1. Li Bo
      2. Du Fu
      3. Bo Zhuyi
    6. Chinese Landscape Painting
    7. Chinese Crafts
    8. Chinese Architecture
  3. The Medieval Period in Japan
    1. Japanese prose literature
    2. Buddhism in Japan
    3. The Age of the Samurai: The Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333)
    4. Nô drama





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