|An ornate Buddhist dome-like stone structure originally built to cover items believed to be relics of the Buddha.
|An ornate Buddhist dome-like stone structure originally built to cover items believed to be relics of the Buddha.
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|The Sui dynasty established centralized rule in China in A.D. 589 for the first time since the Han dynasty in A.D. 220. In other words, China went without a centralized government for over 300 years, from 220 to the establishment of the Sui Dynasty in 589.The Sui dynasty ruled for only a very brief period of 29 years, until A.D. 618. But in that brief period of time it accomplished something magnificent: it built the Grand Canal to connect northern and southern China.