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| c. 400 |
| | | The Chinese solve the difficult problem of harnessing a horse without strangling it | |
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| c. 400 |
| | | The Yamato clan adapt Shinto to their own purposes, and claim imperial descent from the sun | |
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| 538 |
| | | A Buddhist image, sent as a gift from Korea, introduces the religion to Japan | |
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| c. 550 |
| | | Caves along the Silk Road are decorated with a profusion of carvings in the traditions of Mahayana Buddhism | |
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| 589 |
| | | After three centuries of chaos and disunion in China, a stable dynasty - the Sui - is established by Wen Ti (the Cultured Emperor) | |
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| 607 |
| | | Prince Shotoku Taishi, an enthusiastic patron of Buddhism, builds the Horyuji temple and pagoda at Nara | |
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| c. 610 |
| | | The Grand Canal is constructed in China, joining a network of existing waterways to link the Yangtze and Yellow rivers | |
|  | Grand Canal, China
Photograph Beryl Pethick
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| 618 |
| | | A high official of the Sui empire seizes power and establishes one of China's greatest dynasties, the T'ang | |
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| c. 650 |
| | | At Dunhuang, an oasis on the Silk Road, as many as 500 caves are decorated with Buddhist murals | |
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| c. 650 |
| | | Songtsen Gampo builds temples in Lhasa for his two Buddhist wives, thus introducing the religion to Tibet | |
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