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| saga | Long, spoken tale repeated from one generation to the next. |
| Renaissance | Period in Europe beginning in about 1350 during which there was a new desire to learn more about arts, sciences, and other parts of the world. |
| navigation | Science used by sailors to plot their course and determine their location. |
| slave trade | Buying and selling of human beings. |
| caravan | Group of traders traveling together, especially in the desert. |
| pilgrimage | Journey taken for religious reasons. |
| astrolabe | Navigational tool that helped sailors use the suns ans stars to find their way. |
| emperor | Ruler of an empire. |
| magnetic compass | Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north. |
| Marco Polo | Italian explorer who traveled through China in the late 1200's. |
| kublai Khan | 1216-1294 Emperor of China who met with marco Polo in the late 1200's |
| Zheng He | 1971-1433 Chinese explorer who made seven major voyages to different parts of the world. |
| Sahara | Largest desert in the world, located in north Africa. |
| Silk Road | Network of overland trade routes between China and Europe. |
