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WHI.11 (2015)
Asian Empires
Term | Definition |
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Silk Road | a trade route that extended from Asia to the Mediterranean basin |
Maritime routes | a major water-based trade route that connected Asia, India, the South Pacific islands, the Middle East and East Africa through the Indian Ocean |
Trans-Saharan routes | a land-based trade route that connected African Empires from North, West and East Africa. |
Southeast Asia routes | a water-based trade route that connected Asian countries through the South China Sea. |
archipelago | a chain of islands |
proximity | near in space, time or relationship |
Shintoism | the national Japanese religion based on nature and ancestor worship that coexisted with Buddhism |
coexistence | to live peacefully/ in harmony with despite being different |
Mongols | an Asian tribe of nomadic herders who became an empire after invading Russia, China and Muslim states in Southwest Asia |
Genghis Khan | the leader of Mongols that advanced his tribe into an Empire through conquest. |
Golden Horde | a Mongol group that overran eastern Europe during the 13th century. This group lead to the beginning of Russian Empire |