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| The social class involved in silk trade |
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| pastoral - forged silk road by interacting with other trade networks |
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| Disease in Byzantium and elsewhere |
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| Military technologies spread by silk trade |
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| Chariot warfare, mounted bowmen, and the stirrup |
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| Differences between Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Ships |
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| Ships made differently - Mediterranean seamen rarely sailed far from shore |
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| The Indian Ocean Maritime System forged economic and social ties between... ? |
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| East Africa, Arabia, India, China, and Southeast Asia |
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| Why were ships in the Indian Ocean Maritime System better prepared for long-distance travel that the Greeks? |
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| They could take advantage of monsoon winds to drive their ships |
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| What animal was most important to Saharan transportation |
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| Evidence indicates that camels were introduced to the Sahara from where? |
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| The best primary evidence of early Saharan history consists of..? |
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| a vast number of rock paintings and engravings |
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| Why was trans-Saharan trade so important? |
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| it connected North and South Africa |
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| The most important African network of cultural exchange can be described as what? |
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| Mainly internal folk migrations with sub-Saharan Africa |
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| What does a lack of common language do |
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| creates cultural diversity other than unity |
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| Which linguistics family do most sub-Saharan languages come from? |
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| why is mecca and Medina so important |
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| both holy cities of islam |
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