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WHAP Chapter #8 The Earth and Its Peoples; 6th edition Flashcards

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2821666303Silk RoadCaravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran0
2821666304ParthiansIranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E and 226 B.C.E1
2821666884stirrupDevice 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.E2
2821667286Indian 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.3
2821667743trans-Saharan caravan routesTrading network linking North Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the Sahara.4
2821667744SahelBelt south of the Sahara; literally "coastland" in Arabic.5
2821668429sub-Saharan AfricaPortion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.6
2821668430steppeAn ecological region of grass- and shrub-covered plains that is treeless and too arid for agriculture7
2821668709savannaTropical or subtropical grassland, either treeless or with occasional clumps of trees. Most extensive in sub-Saharan Africa but also present in South America.8
2821668710tropical rain forestHigh precipitation forest zones of the Americas, Africa, and Asian lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.9
2821669406"great traditions"Historians' term for a literate, well institutionalized complex of religious and social beliefs and practices adhered to by diverse societies over a broad geographical area.10
2821669407"small traditions"Historians' term for a localized usually nonliterate, set of customs and beliefs adhered to by a single society, often in conjunction with a "great tradition."11
2821669725BantuCollective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages.12
2821669726ArmeniaOne of the earliest Christian kingdoms, situated in eastern Anatolia and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language.13
2821669727EthiopiaEast African high-land nation lying east of the Nile River.14

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