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5437681797Silk Roadsan ancient network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the East and West from China to the Mediterranean Sea.0
5437681798ParthiansIranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E and 226 C.E1
5437683996stirrupeach of a pair of devices attached to each side of a horse's saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat base to support the rider's foot.2
5437688642Indian Ocean Maritimerefers to a network of trade between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. The trade network started in the third millennium B.C.E. The main participants in the trade network were Egyptians, Indians, Portuguese, Chinese and Africans.3
5437694870Trans-osaharan caravanTrading network linking north Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the sahara4
5437694871routesa way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.5
5437697607sahelbelt south of the Sahara;6
5437704116Sub-Saharan AfricanPortion of the African continent7
5437704117Steppean extensive plain, especially one without trees8
5437705887Savannaan extensive plain, especially one without trees9
5437708183tropical rain forestusually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.10
5437710006" great traditions "11
5437711894" small traditions "12
5437711895Bantua member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.13
5437714616ArmeniaAlso called, Armenian Republic. a republic in Transcaucasia, S of Georgia and W of Azerbaijan. About 11,500 sq. mi. (29,800 sq. km). Capital: Yerevan.14
5437730532Ethipoia15

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