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Chapter 12: Inner and East Asia, 400–1200.

Discussion Question: In what ways did China’s neighbors adapt the elements of Chinese culture for their own uses?

Book: Richard W. Bulliet, et. al., The Earth and Its Peoples, vol. 1: to 1550, 7th  (Cengage Advantage Books, 2019), ISBN-13: 9781337401487.