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Chapter 8: Networks of Communication and Exchange Flashcards

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227439279Silk RoadCaravan routes connecting China, Middle East across Central Asia, and Iran. Engaged countries in trade of products, cultures and religions.0
227439280ParthiansIranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E. Major force by 247 B.C.E. Common to nomadic lifestyle. Militaristic empire.1
227439281StirrupDevice 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 C.E.2
227439282Indian Ocean Maritime SystemIn premodern times, a network of seaports, trade routes, and maritime culture linking countries on the rim of the Indian Ocean from Africa to Indonesia. (p. 207)3
227439283Sub-Saharan AfricaThe land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land.4

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