<<• • • Song/Sung Dynasty (960-1279) • • •>>

Key Points: China's "Golden Age": the Song, the Mongols (Yuan), and the Ming

CD-ROM: "The City of Cathay" [Teaching Guide]

Interactive Unit: The Song Dynasty in China (960-1279)

• • • Medieval Japan (1185-1600) • • •

Key Points: Medieval Japan

Gov't/Society (1185-1868): The Age of the Samurai

Literature:
• The Tale of the Heike (1185) [Primary Source]
• An Account of My Hut , by Chômei (1212) [Multimedia Unit]
• An Account of My Hut (1212) [Primary Source]
• Introduction to Kenkô's Essays in Idleness (1330)
• Essays in Idleness [Primary Source]
• Kenkô's Essays in Idleness and Japanese Aesthetics [Multimedia Unit]

Drama:
• The Forms of Japanese Drama
• Introduction to Noh Drama
• Noh Drama [Multimedia Unit]
• Introduction to Kyôgen

• • • Yuan Dynasty: The Mongols (1271-1368) • • •

Interactive Unit: The Mongols in World History

People/History: Marco Polo in China (1271-95) [Primary Source]

<<• • • Medieval Japan • • •>>

History (1274-1281): "Khubilai Khan's Fleet Reported Found by Japanese" [Article]

• • • Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) • • •

Key Points: China during the Ming and the Qing

History (1405-33): The Ming Voyages