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7357081388Angkor WatA huge temple dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, and was the centerpiece of the Khmer Empire. (Founded 880)0
7357089433One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)A famous collection of folktales(Persian, Indian, Arabian). Name comes from the number of nights Scheherazade told a folktale to her husband, the sultan.1
7357091478Song Dynasty(960-1279) One of the most brilliant eras in imperial China. Under the Song dynasty, China reached extraordinary levels of agriculture and industrial productivity.2
7357094712Ming Dynasty(Mid-Fourteenth to Mid-Seventeenth) During early years, emperors adopted policies of expansionism by land and self-assertion by sea3
7357105450Tang Dynasty(618-907) Restored the Chinese imperial impulse. Extended control along the silk route. Considered to be at its high point during this time.4
7357117254Abbasid Empirea member of a dynasty of caliphs (750-1258) ruling the Islamic empire especially from their capital Baghdad and claiming descent from Abbas the uncle of Muhammad5
7357127113Emperor Yung-LoMing emperor from 1402-1424 who dispatched a series of seven spectacular ocean voyages under Admiral Zheng He..6
7357134737Admiral Zheng HeWas a court eunuch for the Ming dynasty. Was fleet admiral on 7 voyages to explore, and establish trade routes. Led China to Superpower of Indian Ocean.7
7357171055MongolsAn aggressive steppe nomad people, were one of the most powerful militaries of all time. Within thirty years expanded to the Chinese heartland and west to Kievan Russia.8
7357174355Marco PoloFamous European traveler who is known for his travels along the silk road last lasted 24 years.9
7357176840Kublai KhanA great Mongol emperor who reigned from 1260 to 1294, extended Mongol Empire even more.10
7357180744Diamond Sutraa Sanskrit tale transmitted along the silk routes and translated into chinese in the 5th century.11
7357191597TranshumanceA form of nomadism based off of the seasonal migration of livestock, practiced in areas unsuitable for winter grazing.12

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