Ap World History Chapter 12

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Han Wudi

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Chinese emperor that facilitated trade between the Roman Empire and Chinese through the creation of the silk road

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Emperor

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Chang'an

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Han capitol during reign of Han Wudi and where the main silk road began

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City

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Xiongnu

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Nomadic tribe whom menaced Han Empire and who held Zhang Qian captive for 10 years

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Tribe

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Epidemics

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Smallpox, measles, and bubonic plague which caused populations in both the Roman Empire and the Chinese han dynasty to dwindle down to numbers half of what they were when the empires were at their peak.

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3 major epidemics

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Attila

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Leader of the Huns who made the Huns an unstoppable military force who caused Germanic people to migrate into the Roman Empire

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Leader

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Huns

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Spoke a Turkish language, migrated from their homeland in central language, and were at their height under the ruthless warrior king Attila

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Tribe

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Monsoon winds

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Monsoon Winds allowed mariners to sail safety to all parts of the Indian Ocean basin. During summer the winds blow regularly from the southwest,whereas in winter they blow from the northeast.

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Mariners

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Rhapta

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Principal commercial center on east African coast. Precise location unknown however, it is near to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. City imported iron goods ( spears, axes, and knives). In exchange for ivory,rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and slaves.

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City

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Himalaya Mountains

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Indian mountain range which obstruct the south-west monsoon winds allowing people to travel across India

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Correlation to monsoon winds

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Nestorians

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Followers of Greek theologian nestorius. Emphasized the human as opposed to the divine nature of Jesus.

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Nestorius

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Taklamaken desert

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Also known as the Tarim Basin. The word Taklamakan warns "he who enters does not come back out". Road split into 2 to avoid going through the desert. The roads came together at kashgard.

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2

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Persian Gulf

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Offered access to land routes and Mediterranean basin which facilitated numerous trade routes.

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Correlation with land

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Diocletia

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Reigned Rome 284-305 CE. Divided Roman Empire into 2 administrative districts

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Emperor

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Constantinople

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Roman capitol strategically overlooking ghat Bosporus, the strait linking the black sea to the sea of Martial and beyond to the wealthy Mediterranean. Ordered by Constantine to be built.

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Capitol

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St. Augustine

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Was a intelligent Bishop who worked to reconcile Christianity with Greek and Roman philosophical traditions and created the book The city of god. Which sought to explain the meaning of history and the world through a Christians perspective.

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The city of god

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Gregory the wonder worker

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Gregory had a reputation of performing miracles and persuaded people that he had supernatural power from God. Gregory made Christianity popular in the Roman Empire and in central Anatolia.

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Supernatural