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This is the most famous of the Angkor kingdom's Hindu monuments, which is the largest religious structure of the premodern world; now used by Buddhists.
Angkor Wat
The period in China's history that followed the Sui Dynasty, was marked by great works in the arts, as well as, a healthy economy, a revival of Confucianism, and attempts to end corruption in the bureaucracy.
Golden Age of the Tang & Song ("soong") Dynasties
The name of the Song Dynasty's capital city that housed about 1 million people and held specialized markets & schools during the "Golden Age”.
Hangzhou
This was the writing system of the Vietnamese people that was developed as a variation of Chinese writing, but was a sign of Vietnamese independent national literature.
Chu nom (means “characters for talking”)
This was the most devastating of the diseases that were transmitted along the Silk Roads, which killed up to half of Europe's population, but led to an increase in wages for peasants and the eventual death of many in the Americas?
Bubonic Plague and the "Black Death"
This was the powerful Southeast African state that benefited by trading gold and cattle eastward into the Indian Ocean trade network.
Great Zimbabwe
He was Sui (sway) China's leader who had Buddhist monasteries constructed at the base of China's five sacred mountains and even used Buddhism as a justification for some of his military campaigns.
Emperor Wendi
The southeast Asian kingdom that dominated the region's Sea Roads, developing a military & naval force that protected the region's commerce.
Srivijaya (Sree-vih-juh-yuh)
This is the term used to describe Japan's warrior class set of values, which included martial arts, bravery, loyalty, endurance, honor, & a preference to face death over surrender
Bushido
influential regent of Japan and author of some of the greatest contributions to Japanese historiography, constitutional government, and ethics. First great patron of buddhism in Japan.
Shotoku Taishi
This was the West African city of the 3rd-wave era that grew in power by participating in the trans-Saharan trade and developed libraries that were stocked with Islamic academic texts, many of which are preserved to this day.
Timbuktu
This is the Korean kingdom that allied with the Tang dynasty of China, but fiercely resisted Chinese political control while adopting some features of Chinese culture, such as Buddhism.
Silla (shee-lah) Kingdom
The most prominent of the city-states of the Hausa (hows-uh) people who prospered by taxing and participating in the trans-Saharan sand roads.
Ghana, Mali, Songhay
This phrase represents China's growing population, agricultural success, industrial production, urbanization, inventions in printing, and city commerce during the Song Dynasty.
China's Economic Revolution
These were the maritime trade routes, the largest of which connected commerce from China to East Africa, and proved to be less costly than the Silk Roads, carrying goods and even the Islamic faith.
Sea Roads
This is the Chinese dynasty that reunified China after the political fragmentation that occurred when the Han Dynasty collapsed and was responsible for the construction of vast canals that linked northern and
Sui ("Sway") Dynasty
This is Japan's warrior class who played a significant role in Japanese society during the age of local authorities where no centralized government existed.
Samurai
These were the professional merchants of the Aztec empire, who undertook large-scale trading expeditions well beyond the borders of the empire.
Pochteca (pohch-teh-cah)
This refers to the interaction of peoples of the western hemisphere, which was less interactive than the eastern hemisphere, consisting of isolated trade that was hindered by geographic obstructions.
American Web or "Network"
The famous land-based trade routes of Eurasia, which evolved over time as different people groups interacted through trade, warfare, and conquest.
Silk Roads
The South American civilization that strictly controlled commerce, having a highly trained class of accountants who used knotted cords called "quipus" to record the stores of goods.
Incan Empire
This is Korea's phonetic alphabet the was developed in the 15th century as one measure to maintain Korean cultural uniqueness.
Hangul (hahn-gool)
The East African, Islamic civilization that was more urban than other African civilizations because of its connection to the Indian Ocean trade network & was similar to ancient Greece in having separate autonomous cities and rulers.
Swahili Civilization
Originating in south Asian and initially thought of as a barbarian religion by the Chinese, this was eventually adopted c. AD 300-800 following the fall of the Han Dynasty & discrediting of Confucianism.
Chinese Buddhism
The trade routes that crossed the Sahara Desert, connecting the Mediterranean world with the interior of West Africa in which gold, salt, and slaves played significant roles in the commerce.
Sand Roads