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| In Sub- Saharan Africa; extremely diversified; tribal life; no large scale political organization; no large building projects; no long distance trade; migrated south; unsure why migrated; animism; created root language; domestication of farm animals. |
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A subregion of Oceania, compromising a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
Ex: Hawaii, New Zealand, & Samoa. |
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| One of the Norse (scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from late eighth to the early eleventh century. |
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| The predominant ethnic group in Cambodia. An advanced civilization. Influenced by India & China-Hindu & Buddhist, later Islam. Conquered by Thailand. Angkor Watt is associated with them. |
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| A complex of temples in Cambodia. First Hindu, the Buddhist. |
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| A large group of islands in the South PAcific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the MAlay Archipelago). |
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| 1,800 acres. High as 36 feet. Extends approximately 820 feet. Naturally splitting. Walls have been though to be a symbolic show of authority, privacy of royal families. City-state. Great stone dwellings. Africa; Sub-Saharan. |
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| People found on the coast of East Africa, mainly the coastal regions and the islands of Kenya and Tanzania, and north Mozambique. The name Swahili is derived from the Arabic word Sawahil, meaning “coastal dwellers”. |
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| An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India. (Sri- Lanka) Famous for tea. |
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| A linguistic group native to Tamil Nadu, a state in India, the north- eastern region of Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. Attacked Sumatra. Terrorist site today. |
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| A powerful ancient Malay kingdom on the island of Sumatra, modern day indonesia, which influenced much of Southeast Asia. |
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| A former kingdom and French protectorate of central Vietnam on the South China Sea. |
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| The kingdom of Annam. Southern Region. More influenced by India & MAlaysia. |
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Was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in Asian history.
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An imperial dynasty in China; Founded by Li.
- Largely a period of progress and stability.
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A ruling dynasty in China; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty.
- Had a precise calendar, invented fractions, and a mechanical celestial clock.
- Neo-Confucianism.
- Technology, medicine, astronomy, and mathematics derived from Tang.
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Was the ruling dynasty of China following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
- They were Anti-Mongol. Shipbuilding declined here, the capital was moved to Nanjing but back to Beijing.
- Cut off relations with Central Asia & the Middle East.
- Achievements in literature and painting.
- Zheng He.
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| Was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages along with Wang Jinghong to Southeast Asia, South Asia. |
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Lhasa: the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers.
- Was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.
- It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum.
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Ceramic ware made of more or less translucent ceramic.
- True _________ was made in China and Korea around 960 AD.
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| An unusual "civilization" from Mongolia. Huge area spread, considered an "international force". Had 4 main empires. |
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| A bow made that allows the handler to shoot 1/3 farther than a regular bow. |
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| "Mongol Peace". The stabilizing effects of the conquests of the Mongol Empire on the social, cultural and economic life of the inhabitants of the vast Eurasian territory that the Mongols conquered. |
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| Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean. |
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| Was the 5th Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1260-1294 and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China. |
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| A mongolian army that swept over Eastern Europe in the 13th century. |
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| Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia. (Central Asia). |
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| Was both the continuation of the Mongol Empire and the Mongol founded historical state in Mongolia and China, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. Started by Khubilai Khan. |
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| Is the linguistic assimilation or cultural assimilation of terms and concepts of the language and culture of China. |
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| Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Khubilai Khan. |
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| A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century. |
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| The Golden Horde sacked this place. ( Capital and largest city f the Ukraine). |
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Simply the Persian form of the word Mongol, and many groups in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India use the term Mughal to describe themselves.
- *Can also be a dynasty that dominated India*
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"Divine Wind"
A pair or series of typhoons that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Khubilai Khan that atacked Japan in 1274 and again in 1281. |
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