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Silk Road
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Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran. Allows communication between Asia-Mid East-Mediterranean.
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Parthians
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(250BC-226CE) Iranian ruling dynasty. Threshold of Central Asia and nomadic lifestyle were key to their encouragement of trade along what is now known as the Silk Road.
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stirrup
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Device for securing horseman's feet 1st used by Kushan people of N Afghanistan in 1st century BC. Enabled efficient weapon wielding (cavalry).
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Indian Ocean Maritime System
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In premodern times. Network of seaports, trade routes, and maritime culture linking coastal countries of Indian Ocean from Africa to Indonesia.
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trans-Saharan caravan routes
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Trading network linking North Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the Sahara. This route enriched the Saharan with gold, slaves, and tropical slaves.
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Sahel
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"Coastland" in Arabic. It is the belt south of the Sahara. Traded with Sahara, and both lands benefited off trade with each others.
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Ghana
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1st known kingdom in sub-Saharan W. Africa (6th-13th century BC) Modern W. African country once known as Gold Coast. Provides details of West Africa.
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sub-Saharan Africa
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Portion of the African continent south of the Sahara. The most important African network of cultural exchange (300BC-1100CE)
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steppes
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Treeless plains. High, flat expanses of northern Eurasia with little rains. Good for nomads and herds. Breeding of horses and development of military skills leading to rise of Mongol Empire.
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savanna
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Tropical/subtropical grassland. Treeless or clumps of trees. Was major landscape in sub-Saharan Africa specifically Sahel.
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tropical rain forest
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High-precipitation forest zones in Americas, Africa, and Asia. Between Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn. Sub-major landscape of sub-Saharan Africa.
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great traditions
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Literate, well-schooled complex of religious/social beliefs and practices. Left records of elite-class language, systems, ethical codes, and other intellectual tradtions.
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small traditions
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Localized, usually non-literate, set of customs and beliefs. Contrast to great traditions.
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Bantu
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Name of large group of sub-Saharan African languages and peoples. Distribution of Bantu languages spead in N and S and clued historians to proto-Bantu and Bantu lifestyles.
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Armenia
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One of earliest Christian kingdoms in E. Anatolia and W. Caucasus occupied by speakers of Armenian language. Battleground between Iranian stats and east/Meidterranean states.
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Ethiopia
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East African highland nation lying east of Nile River. In a myth, Ethyiopians killed Christians travelling to their lands and trying to convert them. However, Ethiopia later becomes Christian and site of many churches.
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