Ap world history chapter 8 Flashcards

5437681797	Silk Roads	an ancient network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the East and West from China to the Mediterranean Sea.	0
5437681798	Parthians	Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E and 226 C.E	1
5437683996	stirrup	each of a pair of devices attached to each side of a horse's saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat base to support the rider's foot.	2
5437688642	Indian Ocean Maritime	refers to a network of trade between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. The trade network started in the third millennium B.C.E. The main participants in the trade network were Egyptians, Indians, Portuguese, Chinese and Africans.	3
5437694870	Trans-osaharan caravan	Trading network linking north Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the sahara	4
5437694871	routes	a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.	5
5437697607	sahel	belt south of the Sahara;	6
5437704116	Sub-Saharan African	Portion of the African continent	7
5437704117	Steppe	an extensive plain, especially one without trees	8
5437705887	Savanna	an extensive plain, especially one without trees	9
5437708183	tropical rain forest	usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.	10
5437710006	" great traditions "		11
5437711894	" small traditions "		12
5437711895	Bantu	a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.	13
5437714616	Armenia	Also called, Armenian Republic. a republic in Transcaucasia, S of Georgia and W of Azerbaijan. About 11,500 sq. mi. (29,800 sq. km). Capital: Yerevan.	14
5437730532	Ethipoia		15