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11600951009Silk RoadsA system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods.0
11600963593Mississippi River ValleyIn Eastern Woodlands; was an agricultural society; grew "3 sisters" crops (squash, beans, and corn); were mound builders1
11600968397AstrolabeAn instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets2
11601025310CreditAn arrangement to receive cash, goods, or services now and pay for them in the future.3
11601052482Byzantine Empire(330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine.4
11601055240ConquerorTakes over a place by using military force.5
11601093781Linguistichaving to do with the structure of language6
11601132716LongshipThe name of the Viking boat.7
11601165330BantuThe people who spread throughout Africa spreading agriculture, language, and iron.8
11601171256MaliEmpire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.9
11601174510SultanMilitary and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country10
11601210074SufiA Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means11
11601253218DiffusionThe process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time12
11601257214EpidemicA widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.13
11601281013Marco PoloVenetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.14
11601286285Ibn Battuta(b. 1304) Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records.15
11601471340Xuangzang7th century Chinese monk who made a famous trip to India to collect Buddhist texts16

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