The Silk Road
High Demand for products from THIS country contiributed to the florishing of trade on the Silk Road
China
the name for the era of "Mongolian Peace"
Knowledge of THESE weather paterns allowed for Traders to efficiently time when they would travel to certain parts of world
Monsoons
The Primary Religious influence on the Trans-Saharan trade newtowrk was...
Islam
What is the offical name for the Black Death, which was transported effectivly along trade routes
The Bubonic Plague (Yersinia Pestis)
the Silk Road connected East Asia to this sea
The Mediterranean
The Mongols were nomadic people living in THIS type of society
Pastoral Society
A spreading or migration of large groups/communities of people
Diasopra
Mansa Musa made THIS type of Pilgramage, spreading his wealth and causing unintentional inflation in several major cities
The Hajj
What Byzantine city is in decline during this period due to attacks from Crusaders, outbreaks of the Black Death, and Islamic invaders?
Constantinople
To move products afficiently across long distances, Traders would employ the tactic of Relay trade, going back and forth between these locations to rest
Caravenserai
After conquring Russia the Golden Horde establishes THIS type of rule from the Steppe lands
Indirect Rule
A key difference between Indian Ocean trade and silk road trade is that the usage of large ships allowed for what type of trading
Bulk Goods trading (trading a large quantity of commone resources vs trading a camel's load of luxuary goods)
What city, conqured by the Mali Empire, was a hub of Islamic Scholarship and Trade?
Timbuktu
The cities of Kashgar and Samarkand were once Caravanserai along what trade route?
The Silk Road
Name an economic innovtion which brough standardization to Silk Road trade
Flying Cash
Bills of Exchange
(the precursors to Paper Money)
The Mongol oocupation of Persia via the Il-Khanate never ended, instead the Mongolian population succesfully did this...
Assimilated or Syncretized
The innovation of THIS type of sail allowed for trading vessels to manuever more efficeintly and sail without a strong tail wind
The Lateen Sail
The Trans-Saharan trade network connected West African Empires to THIS sea
The Mediterranean
Zen Buddhism is a syncretized religion, combining Buddhism with WHAT?
Daoism
Because European states were largely blocked from Silk Road trade, Northern cities formed THIS ion order to reach the Mediterranean
The Hanseatic Leauge
Kublai Khan, grandson to Genghis Khan, conqures China, claims the Mandate of Heavan and establishes THIS dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty
What was the name of the Chinese Muslim Admiral whose 7 expeditions with massive treasure fleets asseted Chinese dominance & influence over trade across the Indian Ocean
After the fall of the Mali Empire, what Kingdom took its place?
Songhai
THIS Italian merchant traveller visited China and became an Official in teh court of the Yuan Dynasty
Marco Polo