Chapter 7
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| 224715042 | Armenia | *one of the earliest christian kingdoms *situated in east Anatolia and West caucasus *occupied by speaker of the Arminius language | 0 | |
| 224715043 | Rain Forest | *High precipitation forest zones *Americas, Africa, Asia *Lying between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn | 1 | |
| 224715044 | Indian Ocean Maritime system | *Network of Sea Ports across Indian Ocean and S. China Sea *trade routes maritime Culture *established by multilingual/cultural people *few records *Formed strong economic+social ties between E. Africa, S. Arabia, Persian Gulf, India, SE. Asia, S. China | 2 | |
| 224715045 | Savanna | *a region of tall grasses with scattered trees *Tropical or Subtropical *Sub-Saharan and South America *Easily crossed E-W | 3 | |
| 224715046 | Bantu | *Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African Languages and People who speak these languages *word means "people" in most off these languages | 4 | |
| 224715047 | Swahili | *Bantu Language *Arabic loanwords *spoken in coastal regions of E. Africa | 5 | |
| 224715048 | Small traditions | *local, issalated traditions *localized, illiterate, set of customs and belliefs to a singal society *often conjunction with "Great Traditions" | 6 | |
| 224715049 | Sahel | *"the coast" or "shore of desert" *southern coast of sahara *easily crossed E-W *dry grassland *farmers acted as a middleman in trade | 7 | |
| 224715050 | Sub-Saharan Africa | *Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara *part of Indian Ocean network | 8 | |
| 224715051 | Ethiopia | *Christian kingdom *developed in the highlands of eastern Africa *developed under the dynasty of King Lalaibela *retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion elsewhere in Africa | 9 | |
| 224715052 | Sassanid Empire | *224-600 SW Iran *Continuation of rivalry between Rome and Partians- defeated Partians 224 *Cities were small and walled in- military protected long distant trade *cotton, sugar cane, rice, citrus trees, eggplant, other crops from India and china *zoroastrism and Christianity | 10 | |
| 224715053 | Stirrup | *Device for securing a horseman's feet, enabling him to wield weapons more effectively. *Kushan people of northern Afghanistan *first century C.E. | 11 | |
| 224715054 | Silk Road | *major trade route over land from china to roman empire *months to traverse *pastoral communities along the route provided shelter and supplies to traveling merchants- payment *spread of cultural ideas, deseases-smallpox and measles | 12 | |
| 224715055 | 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 *written or oral languages *belief system *Ethical Codes, written records | 13 | |
| 224715056 | Partians | *people originally from Caspian sea *major force 247 BCE- begins in Iran *located on the threshold of C.Asia *shared customs with steppes nomads- helped foster silk road. *wars with Greeks and Romans prevented travelers from Mediterranean region from gaining knowledge of their kingdom | 14 | |
| 224715057 | Trans-Saharan Caravan routes | *Trading network linking North Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the Sahara *300BCE *lack of water restricted trade to only a few routes known only to desert nomads *started as a scarcelypath----> very popular | 15 | |
| 224715058 | Steppes | *treeless plains, especially eurasia *little/no rain *Good lands for nomads- pronounced hourse breeding and military skill development *essential to rise of the Mongol Empire | 16 |
