Mongolians
Name for Mongolian highways that connected Europe while providing safe stations, included passports and stimulated transcontinental trade networks
yam
Admiral of the Treasure Fleets
Zheng He
Mansa Musa
He founded a School of Navigators in Portugal in order to seek better trade routes to Asia
Prince Henry
Capital of the Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
Founder of the Mongolian Empire that was the largest contiguous empire in history
Genghis Khan
Constantinople or Byzantium
Empire that traded salt, textiles, metal work, gold and enslaved people with the Middle East
the Songhai
Leader that ended Mongol Rule and united Russia
Ivan III
recording system of the Inca used for census and business transactions
quipu
Mongolian founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China
Kublai Khan
Dynasty that created the Treasure Fleet
City that was the cultural and intellectual center in West Africa with libraries, schools of law and medicine
Timbuktu
First Europeans to cross the Atlantic Ocean and reach the Americas in 1000 A.D.
the Scandinavians
Innovation of the Aztecs that allowed them to access their capital
suspension bridges
Innovations of Genghis Khan
military feudal form of government
adoption of a writing system
regular census
freedom of religion
Purpose of the Treasure Fleet
to intimidate and inspire awe to their potential neighbors and enemies
West African kingdom that established a trade network throughout the continent and southern Europe in palm oil, gold and kola nuts
Ghana
To bypass the middlemen of Central Asian Empires that blocked trade or marked up commodities by 1000%
Most powerful empire that built an extensive highway system in the Andes Mountains
the Inca
Tactics used by Mongolian military
arrow storms, siege, ceramic explosives
Empire that established unity around the Mediterranean and lasted until 20th century
The Ottoman Empire
The Congo
Reason for the failure of Scandinavian settlements in the Americas
failure to adapt to climate and hunting tactics
Precious minerals mined by the Inca and Aztecs
Gold and silver