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CHAPTER 7:SILK ROAD-key overland trade rts. Connect E&W Eurasia,rt. 1st began 2function in aftermath of Alexander the great expantion in2 Central Asia at end of 1st centuryBCE.CASTE SYSTEM-social sys. Of ppl place in society, how lived worked, whom they can marry by heredity. Indian’s intertwined w/India’s religious&economic sys.ZHANG QUIN- 1st written report evidence of presumed commerce across Eurasia, Chinese ambassador who sent 4 Bactria,1st wanted to recruit allies against steppeland dwellers,2nd obtain horses 4Chinese army frm C. Asia.DUNHUANG-means ‘blazing beacon’,desolate region of dessert&mountains,caves where travelers shelter,was throat of Asia ,garrison founded outpost,now silk roadsTAKLAMAKAHAN DESERT-near silk roads, under mountains N&S. took 30days to cross, clinged to edges where water drained from surrding mountains..PERSIA- ancient empire in southwestern Asia that, at its height under Darius the Great in the 6th century bc, stretched from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus River in modern-day Tibet. It was conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 bc.CYRUS THE GREAT-general frm province of fars.mid-19th century launched coup to take over Assyria.credited 4dreams fortelling conquest of Europe&Asia.PERSIAN/GREEK WARS- Persians blocked the entrance to the Hellespont keeping Athens from trading in the Black Sea. The Persians competed with the Greeks for trade in the Aegean. The Persians controlled former Greek city-states in Asia Minor.This was a clash between East and West. Greeks had a variety of governments in which the citizens generally could participate. In Persia, the ruler was absolute. The Greeks were traders, fishers and farmers while the Persians were mostly farmers.PHILLIP OF MACEDON- ancient kingdom in northern Greece, centralized under Philip II, who, with his son, Alexander the Great, created a vast empire in the 4th century bc.ROMAN EMPIRE- the territories ruled by ancient Rome under its...