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8405034841Periplus maris erythraeithe sailing itinerary of the Red Sea0
8405046761monsoonsWinds that governed sailing and shipping in the Indian Ocean1
8405066409RhaptaPrincipal commercial center of the east African coast (near modern Dar es Salaam in Tanzania)2
8405095393ChinaSilk and porseline3
8405099560RomeGlass and gold4
8405177473BuddhismEstablishment of monostaries on the trade route to protect pilgrims and allow communities to learn about this religion5
8405220048Silk RoadsMerchants and travelers created an extensive network of trade routes that linked much of Eurasia and north Africa6
8405273446KashgarThe town that the two main branches come together in7
8405294294IndonesiaTo what country does Hinduism extend to?8
8405310042Gang YingChinese ambassador that embarked on a mission to distant western lands in 97 AD and proceeded as far mas Mesopotamia9
8405356252rajaSanskrit for "king"10
8405418669Edict of MilanOfficial document proclaiming the toleration of Christianity in the Roman empire11
8405442116ermiticial monastic traditionRelies on being a hermit12
8405460420cenobitic monastic traditionRelies on being part of a community13
8405472458NestorianismChinese belief about the nature of Christ; human person and divine person are in the same bodily vessel but are of different entities14
8405539336ManiDevout Mesopotamian Zoroastrian who drew upon the influences of Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Buddhism to develop a syncretic faith; imprisoned and died in chains15
8405597494ManichaeismSyncretic faith that upheld the teachings of the three prophets: Zoroaster, Jesus Christ, and Buddha; good and evil is 50/50 (dualism) and if one does not strive for the good, he or she can easily fall into darkness16
8405727075Yellow Turban RebellionPeasant discontent during the late Han China dynasty fueled this immense uprising17
8405754184sinicizationNomads learn to read and write Chinese, take Chinese wives, take cultural elements, and even colonize parts of China18
8405780228DaoismOffered a way to find peace in a turbulent world as a religion. Many of the followers become the first alchemists when attempting to achieve immortality by mixing elixirs19
8405821708Terrible Third Century26 Barracks emperors, empire too large, epidemics, debasement of coins20
840583839226 Barracks emperorsRefers to the long line of assassinations of and conspiracies against the emperors21
8405861610TetrarchyDiocletian in the West, Constantine in the East, a lieutenant in the West, and a lieutenant in the East22
8405903732DiocletianEmperor that attempted to deal with the crumbling empire by dividing the emperor into two administrative districts; skilled administrator that brought the armies under imperial control and strengthened the imperial currency23
8405947459ConstantineEstablishes new capital city in the east and converts to Christianity24
8406012795HunsNomads that aggressively advance westward migration from their homeland in central Asia25
8406031741AttilaWarrior king that organized the Huns into a virtually unstoppable military juggernaut26
8406051547OdoacerGermanic general that deposed Romulus Augustus, the last of the Roman western emperors27
8406064215Byzantine empireEastern half of the Roman empire that survived for another millennium after the fall of the west28
8406088795TheodosiusEmperor that made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire29
8406100852Edict of ThessolonicaDoctrine that makes Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire30
8406132548St. AugustineBishop of Hippo; converted to Christianity while studying in Italy and worked to reconcile Christianity with Greek and Roman philosophical traditions, especially Platonism, and to articulate Christianity in terms that were familiar and persuasive to the educated classes; "Confessions" and "City of God"31
8406181219"City of God"Work that promotes that Rome may not be what it's all about and there is a greater, more powerful place32
8406206989Council of NiceaTook up the difficult and contentious issue of Jesus' nature, proclaiming that he was both fully human and fully divine33
8406245047patriarchsReside in Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch34

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