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| 3606475017 | Zhang Qian | sent by Han wudi to make allies, ends up being captured by the Xiongnu twice, but returns to Wudi with stories and the need for commerce and international trade in China | 0 | |
| 3606475018 | monsoon system | used to determine different sea routes to use throughout the year | 1 | |
| 3606475019 | Periplus maris erythraei | Red Sea, African coast, Indian Ocean ports | 2 | |
| 3606475020 | roads and bridges | built by the Romans, helped to create a world of trade | 3 | |
| 3606475021 | buffer zones | helped peace, protected two powerful countries' land from each other | 4 | |
| 3606475022 | long distance trade | cost decreases as volume increases | 5 | |
| 3606475023 | stabilized governments | no one wanted to trade in an unsafe region; stable governments were much more attractive to merchants and facilitated trade | 6 | |
| 3606475024 | Silk road range | Antioch to Chang'an | 7 | |
| 3606475025 | areas connected by the Silk road | Africa, Europe, Middle East, India, Indonesia, China | 8 | |
| 3606475026 | sea lanes | travel by sea not easy, man cannot swim, no boats seaworthy (except Chinese who did not engage heavily in trade) | 9 | |
| 3606475027 | Taklamakan desert | "land from which no one returns" | 10 | |
| 3606475028 | trade goods | wine, olive oil, art, pottery, jewelry, glass (only Romans made clear), cinnamon, cotton (India), nutmeg, jade, pearls, ivory | 11 | |
| 3606475029 | Buddhism | brought by foreign merchants and diffused among many cultures | 12 | |
| 3606475030 | Indian influence | raja = king, Indian relation | 13 | |
| 3606475031 | Hinduism | popular mainly only in India | 14 | |
| 3606475032 | Christianity | primarily in Mediterranean | 15 | |
| 3606475033 | Nestorians | emphasized the human quality of Christ | 16 | |
| 3606475034 | Mani | prophet orignally or Zoroastrian origins that founded Manichaeism | 17 | |
| 3606475035 | Manichaeism | syncretic blend of 3 religions: Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism; HATED by Zoroastrians | 18 | |
| 3606475036 | forms of plague | smallpox, measles, bubonic plague | 19 | |
| 3606475037 | Marcus Aurelius | killed by smallpox | 20 | |
| 3606475038 | epidemic weakened 2 empires | Han Dynasty and roman empire | 21 | |
| 3606475039 | Fall of the Han | crop shortage + disease, Yellow Turban Uprising, gone by 220 CE | 22 | |
| 3606475040 | sinicization, sino | Chinese | 23 | |
| 3606475041 | nomads assimilate | adopt Chinese settlements, marry Chinese, take Chinese names; ancestry between native and nomads becomes muddled | 24 | |
| 3606475042 | Confucian scholars | not very popular | 25 | |
| 3606475043 | Daoism | popular with the nomads | 26 | |
| 3606475044 | Fall of Rome | 476 CE, no single cause. internal problems: lack of money + disease. external problems: Attila the Hun. | 27 | |
| 3606475045 | barracks emperors | 26 of them, all assassinated by their own men except for 1. Horrible at leading, good at military | 28 | |
| 3606475046 | Diocletian | DIVIDES. splits rome into two and assigns 4 tetrarchs: his officials leading under him. tried to make reforms to administration and economy. | 29 | |
| 3606475047 | Constantine | CONSOLIDATES. Constantinople, unity, Christianity, promoted Edict of Milan. | 30 | |
| 3606475048 | The Huns | Attila attacking the Visigoths, Vandals and Franks; sent them all packing to Rome | 31 | |
| 3606475049 | Visigoths | people on the outskirts of Rome | 32 | |
| 3606475050 | Alaric | sacks rome in 410 CE, goes back on his word to maintain friendliness with the romans in exchange for safety from the Huns | 33 | |
| 3606475051 | Odovacer | in 476 CE, Rome falls to him and he defeats Romulus Augustus (14 yrs old) the last roman emperor | 34 | |
| 3606475052 | most influential thing to survive Rome | Christianity | 35 | |
| 3606475053 | Theodosius | made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire | 36 | |
| 3606475054 | St. Augustine | the bishop of Hippo, instrumental in bringing Christianity to the people of the Mediterranean | 37 | |
| 3606475055 | Council of Nicaea | Jesus is both fully divine and fully human | 38 | |
| 3606475056 | Edict of Milan | practice of Christianity is ok | 39 | |
| 3606475057 | Byzantine empire | Eastern roman empire, Constantinople | 40 |
