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Armenia
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One of the earliest Christian kingdoms, situated in eastern Anatolia and western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language.
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Bantu
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Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages.
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Ethiopia
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East African highland nation lying east of the Nile River.
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Ghana
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First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries CE. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast.
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"Great tradition"
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Historians' term for a literate, well-institutionalized complex of religious and social beliefs and practices adhered to by diverse societies over a broad geographical area.
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Indian Ocean maritime system
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In premodern times, a network of seaports, trade routes, and maritime culture linking countries on the rim of the Indian Ocean from Africa to Indonesia.
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Parthians
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Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 BCE and 226 CE.
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Sahel Savanna
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Belt south of the Sahara; literally "coastland" in Arabic.
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Savanna
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Tropical or subtropical grassland, either treeless or with occasional clumps of trees. Most extensive in sub-Saharan Africa but also present in South America.
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Silk Road
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Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran.
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"Small tradition"
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Historians' term for a localized, usually non-literate, set of customs and beliefs adhered to by a single society, often in conjunction with a "great tradition."
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Steppes
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Treeless plains, especially the high, flat expanses of northern Eurasia, which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Living on the steppes promoted the breeding of horses and the development of military skills that were essential to the rise of the Mongol Empire.
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Stirrup
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Device for securing a horseman's feet, enabling him to wield weapons more effectively. First evidence of the use of stirrups was among the Kushan people of northern Afghanistan in approximately the first century CE.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.
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Trans-Saharan caravan routes
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Trading networking linking North Africa with sub-Saharan Africa.
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Tropical rain forest
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High-precipitation forest zones of the Americas, Africa, and Asia lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
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