Chapter 8: Networks of Communication and Exchange Flashcards
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| 227439279 | Silk Road | Caravan routes connecting China, Middle East across Central Asia, and Iran. Engaged countries in trade of products, cultures and religions. | 0 | |
| 227439280 | Parthians | Iranian 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 | |
| 227439281 | Stirrup | Device 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 | |
| 227439282 | 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) | 3 | |
| 227439283 | Sub-Saharan Africa | The land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land. | 4 |