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Chapter 8: Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300 B.C.E.-1100 C.E.

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What was not true of Zoroastrianism?
It preached a belief in multiple deities.
Sassanid rulers/leaders
-Kings: called shanansha (king of kings)
-Khosro
-Shapur
Geographical location of the Sassanid
Current-day Iran
The _____ trade route linked the lands of the Mediterranean with China by way of Mesopotamia, Iran, and Central Asia.
Silk Road
A mulitilingual, multiethnic society of seafarers established a trade network across the Indian Ocean and the South China sea called the ________.
Indian Ocean Maritime System
The ______ linked the lands of the Mediterranean with China.
Silk Road
The use of the ______ multiplied the effectiveness of mounted warriors.
stirrup
The introduction of _____ from Arabia made it much easier to travel across the Sahara.
camels
Name the three trade routes from 300 BCE to 1100 CE.
-Indian Ocean Maritime System
-sub-Saharan trade routes
-Silk Road
The Sassanid religion:
Zoroastrian
-monotheistic
-founded by the prophet Zoroaster
-single deity: Ahuramazda
City on the Niger River in the modern country of
Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, _________ became a major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning.
Timbuktu
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