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Chap 12 cross cult
exchanges on the slik road
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Xiongnu | were ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation.[ |
| Silk Road | An ancient caravan route that linked Xian in central China with the eastern Mediterranean. |
| Sasanid Empire | was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty from 224 CE to 651 CE.[ |
| Edict Of Milan | granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire. In addition, the Edict of Milan ordered the restitution of property confiscated from Christian |
| Han Wudi | emperor of China 140–87. |
| Nestorian Christianity | the doctrine that Christ was two distinct persons, divine and human, implying a denial that the Virgin Mary was the mother of God. |
| Diocletian | Roman emperor 284–305; full name Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus. In 286 he divided the empire into east and west. |
| Monsoon system (or Monsoon winds) | A wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally. |
| Manichaeism | A dualistic religious system with Christian, Gnostic, and pagan elements, founded in Persia in the 3rd century by Manes |
| Constantine | Roman emperor; known as Constantine the Great. He was the first Roman emperor to be converted to Christianity. |
| Dualism | 1.The division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects, or the state of being so divided. |
| Tetrarchs | The governor of one of four divisions of a country or province. |