People
On one voyage he returned with 30 diplomats from various regions who paid tribute to the Chinese emperor.
Zheng He
A major destination of the Silk Road caravans, a center of cultural exchange as much as a center for exchanging trade goods.
Samarkand
Aloes, resin, camphor, ivory, tin, gold, silver, gems, rice, cotton, sandalwood, nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper were considered _______.
Luxury goods/commodities
Spread of Islam along the Swahili Coast
Muslim Merchants/Growth of Abbasid Empire
The long-term result of combining navigation techniques invented in Europe with those from the Middle East and Asia.
Rapid expansion of exploration/global trade
This explorer enacted policies of forced labor in which natives were put to work for the sake of profits.
Christopher Columbus
A strategic point of geography. Control of this body of water granted majority control of the Indian Ocean trade region.
Malacca
This type of sail would catch wind on either side of the ship, allowing it to travel in different directions. When combined with the square sail, it allowed travel into large bodies of water (including oceans) for the first time, thus expanding trade routes.
Lateen
A reason for Christopher Columbus's search for a new route to India.
Omani-European Rivalry: A trade rivalry between the Muslim traders from Oman and the European Christian traders over the Indian Ocean Trade and trade settlements in Oman.
The extensive global trade transformed these countries into what became known as the Maritime Empires.
Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and Holland (the Dutch).
This explorer begged for supplies from his benefactor(s).
Christopher Columbus
Deriving from the Persian word for caravan and palace, these were often placed about 100 miles apart.
Caravanserai
The dispersion of Africans out of Africa
The African Diaspora
This caused the development of The Atlantic System, a transoceanic network made up of Western Europe, Western Africa, and the Americans; involving the movement of goods and people among those regions, unleashing deadly diseases, massive migrations, and new social structures.
The Columbian Exchange
The introduction of the Arabian camel allowed for this economic development.
Trans-Saharan Trade Routes established.
Muslim king of Mali who established a thriving gold dust trade and monopoly on imported salt and horses.
Sundiata
Created by the Indian Ocean trade along the east coast of Africa, referring to the commercial centers of Kilwa, Mombasa who traded with Arab and Chinese merchants.
Swahili Coast
The Portuguese were an example of this type of empire, one based on controlling small areas rather than control of large territories.
This was a major motivation for European states' exploration and expansion.
The 3 Gs- Gold/Glory/God
Gold (new wealth), Glory (influence/power), God (beliefs that it was Christians' duty to convert people in other lands)
Sugar's profitability dramatically increased the number of Africans captured and sold in this economic system
Transatlantic Slave Trade
These Spanish soldiers brought smallpox with them to "The New World"
Conquistadores
Sugar plantations processed so much sugar that they were referred to as this technological innovation in Portuguese.
Engenhos
Santeria, vodun, and candomble are all examples of ___ ____ in the Americas.
Religious Syncretism
A nickname for this product, given by Europeans after encountering the good during the Crusades, also led to variety in European diet.
What is "sweet salt"
This had far-reaching effects beyond changes in population and diversity - it also contributed to a changing global economy, sometimes with unintended consequences
The Columbian Exchange