Silk Road
These roadside inns provided food, water, and shelter for camel caravans along overland routes
What are Caravanserais
Foreign merchant quarters formed in port cities like Calicut to facilitate cross-cultural exchange were known as this
What are Diasporic Communities?
The wealth and territorial growth of this West African empire were fueled by trans-Saharan caravan trade
What is the Mali Empire
This term describes the era of Eurasian peace, trade stability, and security under unified Mongol rule
What is Pax Mongolica
This technological combination spread across Eurasia, lowering copying costs, spreading science, and boosting literacy
What is Paper and Printing
These two major oasis trade cities expanded along the Silk Road due to improved trade security and infrastructure
What are Kashgar and Samarkand
This strategic Southeast Asian port city grew wealthy by taxing ships passing through its narrow strait
What is Malacca
This economic policy on trade goods served as the main source of state power and revenue for the Mali Empire
What is Taxation
This state-sponsored Mongol communications network relied on horse relay stations to transmit news and messages
What is the Yam System
Zen Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, and Urdu represent this historical process of blending different religious or linguistic ideas
What is Syncretism
Compass, astrolabe, and stern rudder fall under this category of innovations that connected Silk Road trade to ocean networks
What are Maritime Innovations
These East African coastal trading centers grew enriched through commercial trade in gold and ivory
What are the Swahili City-States
This grand-nephew of Sundiata made a lavish 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca, displaying Mali's gold wealth to the world
Who was Mansa Musa
Mongol governance maintained this policy, allowing conquered ethnic groups to preserve their native cultures and faiths
What is Religious Tolerance
This Chinese philosophy developed during the Song era by blending traditional Confucianism with Daoism and Buddhism
What is Neo-Confucianism
The decline of this empire in the late 14th century led to decreased safety along the Silk Roads
What is the Mongol Empire
This Ming Dynasty admiral commanded seven state-sponsored naval expeditions across the Indian Ocean
Who was Zheng He
Mansa Musa crashed the gold market in Cairo by distributing massive quantities of gold on his way to this holy city
What is Mecca
Mongol administration enforced a policy of moving people with these across the empire to spread knowledge
What are Specialized Skills (or Artisans/Scholars)
This Southeast Asian capital complex in the Khmer Empire blended native architectural styles with Hindu and Buddhist artwork
What is Angkor Thom
This region of the world benefited the most from adopting East Asian printing, gunpowder, and magnetic compass technologies
What is Europe
The widespread diffusion of this religion served as key evidence of cultural development resulting from Indian Ocean trade
What is Islam
Similar to Kashgar and Samarkand, this West African city developed into a world-renowned center of Islamic learning
What is Timbuktu
The Silk Road was can be described as ________ under Mongol authority as legal protection was enforced against these highway criminals and bandits
What is Safe
These two famous medieval authors wrote travelogues detailing the wealth, geography, and cultures of Afro-Eurasia
Who were Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta