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Chapter 14: The Reign of the Emperor Ashoka — World History 101

The Maurya emperor Ashoka conquers Kalinga, repents the carnage, converts to Buddhism, and reorients his empire around dharma and tolerance — broadcasting it on rock pillars across India.
Chapter 18: China’s Six Dynasties Period — World History 101

After the Han collapse, China fragments into Three Kingdoms, then Sixteen, then Northern and Southern Dynasties — 369 years of instability that nonetheless allowed Buddhism to spread and culture to flourish.
Chapter 24: The Unity of Japan — World History 101

How an island civilization with a unique cosmology absorbed Buddhism, Confucianism, and Chinese statecraft without losing its Shinto core — and produced the courtly culture of Nara and Heian Japan.