East Asia and Dar al-Islam
This Chinese invention facilitated trade by linking the North and South of the Song Dynasty
What is the Grand Canal?
This term describes the period of relative stability and protection of trade that helped the Silk Roads flourish under Mongol rule.
What is Pax Mongolica? (Pax Mongolia also acceptable)
These seasonal winds were essential to merchants traveling across the Indian Ocean because they determined when ships could sail in particular directions.
What are monsoons?
This West African ruler completed a legendary pilgrimage to Mecca and for a long time held the title of richest man to ever live.
Mansa Musa
This devastating disease reached Europe during the 14th century, caused enormous population loss, and a decline in serfdom.
What is the bubonic plague / black death?
This group is often referred to as the mystic branch of Islam because of their emphasis on a personal connection with Allah. They helped spread Islam by traveling with conquering armies and merchants.
Who are sufis?
This major trade city, located in modern Western China, gained power through taxing merchants on the Silk Road. Hint: We sang it.
This form of merchant community developed when traders settled in foreign regions while maintaining aspects of their original culture and religion.
What is a diasporic community?
This innovation facilitated trade by making it possible to carry more goods on a camels back. Hint: It's 4 words.
Frame and Mattress Saddle
This Andean civilization developed a large centralized empire in South America, characterized by it's advanced highways and terrace farming before European arrival.
What is the Inca empire?
This Islamic political leader combined religious and political authority in the Abbasid concept of government.
What is the caliph?
This concept used by Chinggis Khan, refers to hiring qualified and loyal people, rather than those who are simply related to you.
What is meritocracy?
This Southeast Asian empire became wealthy by controlling important maritime trade routes and was strongly influenced by Buddhism, it fell in the 13th century to the Majapahit.
What is Srivijaya?
This Muslim scholar, originally from Morocco, travelled over 70 thousand miles across the Sahara, the Silk Road, and the Indian Ocean.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This American civilization in modern day New Mexico developed advanced irrigation sites and water ways, as well as circular underground centers of worship known as Kivas in their capitol cities of Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde.
Who are the Pueblo?
This Chinese tribute state adopted the Civil Service Exam but forbid peasant farmers from taking it.
Where is Korea?
This is the name of the Mongol Empire from which the Yuan Dynasty hired bureaucrats to replace native Chinese ones.
Where is the Ilkhanate?
This Muslim Eunuch sailed for China, asserting their influence over the Indian Ocean and collecting tribute. You must pronounce his name right to earn the points.
Zheng He "The Tiger"
This major West African trading city became an important center of Islamic scholarship and learning and was the capital of the Mali empire.
This European economic and political system was characterized by landholding, decentralized political authority, and obligations between lords and vassals.
What is feudalism?
After the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate, these three turkic groups became increasingly important in establishing new states throughout the Islamic world.
Who were the Seljuks, the Mamluks, and the Delhi sultanate
This was the name of the prince from Moscow, who collected tribute for the Golden Horde, and later the name of another Muscovite prince who will overthrow the Mongols.
Ivan
Ivan I (tribute)
Ivan III (overthrow)
Past Southeast Asian kings who were worshipped by their empires often became incorporated into Buddhism as what religious figure?
Bodhisattvas
This Mosque is the largest standing earthen structure today and demonstrates the spread of Islam into West Africa.
What is the Mosque of Djenne?