A) under Yongle, had Chinese ships bring back Christian missionaries to China. B) sent a fleet far into the Indian Ocean. C) sent a huge army into Japan, which captured and held the city of Edo for one year until a debt owed to the Chinese government was paid. D) saw their fleets reach the Mediterranean Sea. E) dismantled the Great Wall as it was no longer needed for the defense of China. A) under Yongle, had Chinese ships bring back Christian missionaries to China. B) sent a fleet far into the Indian Ocean. C) sent a huge army into Japan, which captured and held the city of Edo for one year until a debt owed to the Chinese government was paid. D) saw their fleets reach the Mediterranean Sea. E) dismantled the Great Wall as it was no longer needed for the defense of China.

A) is two centuries ahead of the earliest European examples of a realistic social novel. B) was a story about an early Japanese tourist in Korea. C) is known in English as The Amber Fig. D) told the story of Prince Genji. E) was written by a woman. A) is two centuries ahead of the earliest European examples of a realistic social novel. B) was a story about an early Japanese tourist in Korea. C) is known in English as The Amber Fig. D) told the story of Prince Genji. E) was written by a woman.

A) love was seen as a problem because it diverted a couple from their duties to the larger family. B) a family unit might include members of only two living in one house. C) realistic social novels were published in China only in the early twentieth century. D) women held a uniquely honored position in the family because they bore the children. E) romantic love was the norm. A) love was seen as a problem because it diverted a couple from their duties to the larger family. B) a family unit might include members of only two living in one house. C) realistic social novels were published in China only in the early twentieth century. D) women held a uniquely honored position in the family because they bore the children. E) romantic love was the norm.