Especially over the 7th, 8th and early 9th centuries CE, East Asia was dominated by the great Tang China Empire, which is shown covering the whole area of ethnic China, plus Annam (northern Vietnam) to the south and the Tarim Basin in central Asia (shown gold outlined in the map below). At this time neighboring Japan and Korea were also deeply influenced by the patterns and technologies of Chinese Confucian civilization. Tang rule began in …showed first 75 words of 2480 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2480 total…ever spoken. The wives virtues of modesty and chastity are all the more praiseworthy because the men are allowed to wed as many women as they please. Source: The Travels of Marco Polo trans., W. Marsden , rev. Manuel Komroff (New ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** The Travels of Marco Polo trans., W. Marsden , rev. Manuel Komroff Washburn University Instructors Background Essay- “12th Century Eurasia Source:Nancy Lee Swan, trasns., Ban Zhao: Foremost Woman Scholar of China (Century Press, 1932).