Silk Roads
These roadside inns provided merchants with food, lodging, and protection along the Silk Roads.
Caravanserai
This West African empire became wealthy by controlling and taxing Trans-Saharan trade.
Mali
What body of water connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia?
Indian Ocean
Explain ONE way the Mongol Empire facilitated the transfer of technology across Eurasia.
Mongol control of Eurasian trade routes increased contact between regions, helping technologies such as gunpowder, printing, and the compass spread westward from China.
The Mongol Empire eventually divided into these semi-independent political units.
Khanates
These large Chinese ships carried substantial amounts of cargo across the Indian Ocean.
Chinese Junks
Flourishing trade city in Malaya which was famous for its spices.
Malacca
Name one city that became an important commercial and cultural center along the Silk Roads.
Samarkand or Kashgar
This wealthy ruler of Mali famously traveled to Mecca in 1324.
Mansa Musa
This triangular sail helped ships maneuver effectively in Indian Ocean waters.
Lateen Sails
The name that the Mongols gave to the Chinese dynasty they founded was __
The Yuan Dynasty
This term describes the period of relative stability created by Mongol rule that encouraged Eurasian trade.
Pax Mongolica
This financial practice allowed merchants to conduct business without carrying large quantities of coins.
Bills of Exchange or Flying Cash
This development made long-distance trade across Eurasia via the silk roads safer and more reliable during the 13th and 14th centuries.
The Pax Mongolica (or rule of the Mongols)
Explain ONE cultural effect of Trans-Saharan trade on West Africa.
Islam spread into West Africa through interactions with Muslim merchants and scholars.
This Chinese maritime technology helped sailors determine direction at sea.
Magnetic Compass
The Mongols conquered Persia and generally adopted elements of the cultures they ruled. Identify ONE example demonstrating this process.
Learned Persian, Intermarried, became Muslim
The female Mongol wrestler and princess who could choose her own husband was___
Khutulun
This device allowed sailors to estimate latitude using the position of stars.
The astrolabe
Explain ONE reason luxury goods were especially well suited for trade along the Silk Roads.
They had a high value relative to their weight, making the cost and risks of transporting them over long distances worthwhile.
Explain how the physical geography of the Sahara both limited and encouraged the development of Trans-Saharan trade between 1200 and 1450.
The Sahara’s harsh desert environment made travel difficult, but the use of camels and organized caravans allowed merchants to cross it. Because resources were unevenly distributed, especially West African gold and North African salt, merchants had strong incentives to overcome these geographic barriers and trade.
These communities developed when foreign merchants settled in port cities while maintaining elements of their own culture.
Diasporic Communities
The original name of Genghis Khan was what?
The most famous Mongol rule of the Yuan Dynasty in China was
Kubali Khan
What East African trading culture developed from interactions between African and Arab merchants?
Development of the Swahili language
What major negative biological consequence accompanied increased Afro-Eurasian connectivity?
The spread of the Black Death
Explain ONE way Trans-Saharan trade changed the religious or intellectual life of West Africa.
Interactions with Muslim merchants helped spread Islam into West Africa. Islamic learning also expanded, contributing to centers of scholarship such as Timbuktu, where mosques and schools attracted Muslim scholars.
Explain ONE reason Indian Ocean trade could transport larger quantities of goods than the Silk Roads.
Ships could carry much larger and heavier cargoes more cheaply than overland caravans.
This communication system of relay stations allowed Mongol officials and messengers to travel rapidly throughout the empire.
The Yam System
Name Genghis Khan's grandsons who established their own Khanates and the name of the Khanates
Hulegu -Il Khanate
Kublai Khan- Yuan Dynasty
Batu-Golden Horde
What term describes the spread of ideas, religions, technologies, and customs between societies?
Cultural diffusion