Ch. 7
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| 283925362 | Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles) | 0 | |
| 283925363 | Parthians | Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E. (p. 204) | 1 | |
| 283925364 | Sasanid empire | Iranian empire, established ca. 226, with a capital in Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia. The Sasanid emperors established Zoroastrianism as the state religion. Islamic Arab armies overthrew the empire ca. 640. (p. 225) | 2 | |
| 283925365 | Stirrup | support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go | 3 | |
| 283925366 | Indian Ocean Maritime System | In 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) | 4 | |
| 283925367 | Trans-Saharan caravan route | The trade route in Africa that connected central Africa with its northern and eastern ends. It connected the various cultures dotted throughout Africa as well as the Roman society. | 5 | |
| 283925368 | Sahel | a strip of dry grasslands on the southern border of the Sahara; also known as "the shore of the desert" | 6 | |
| 283925369 | Sub-Saharan Africa | The region south of the Sahara Desert in Africa; includes some of the world's richest deposits of minerals, yet still remains one of the largest regions of undeveloped natural resources in the world. | 7 | |
| 283925370 | Steppes | wide rolling grassy plains that stretch from the Black Sea to northern China | 8 | |
| 283925371 | Savanna | a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions | 9 | |
| 283925372 | Tropical Rain Forest | biome near the equator with warm temperatures, wet weather, and lush plant growth | 10 | |
| 283925373 | "great traditions | historians term for a literate, well-institutionalized complex of religiouis and socila beliefs and practices adhered to by diverse societies over a broad geographical area | 11 | |
| 283925374 | "small traditions" | historians term for a localized, usually nonliterate, set of customs and beliefs adhered to by a single society | 12 | |
| 283925375 | Bantu | of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture | 13 | |
| 283925376 | Armenia | a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia, One of the earliest Christian kingdoms, situated in eastern Anatolia and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language. (p. 221) | 14 | |
| 283925377 | Ethopia | A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa under the dynasty of King Lalaibela; retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion elsewhere in Africa | 15 |
