The biggest land trade network in 1200-1450.
What were the Silk Roads?
Italian merchant who wrote descriptions about China's size, wealth, and wonders.
WHO WAS MARCO POLO?
The amount of camel saddles developed.
What is 15?
Stopping points on the Silk Roads for people and animals.
What were caravanserai?
(effect)Spread of culture from merchants waiting in cities.
(cause)Monsoon winds
The biggest sea-based trade route.
What is the Indian Ocean Basin?
Elected khan on the Mongolian Kingdom.
Who was Genghis Khan?
Tells you how far you are from the equator
What was the astrolabe?
Settlements of people away from their homeland.
What are diasporic communities?
(effect)Trade increased on the Silk Roads.
(cause)Mongol Empire made the Silk Roads safer
Two cities where first caravanserai were located between.
What are Samarkand and Kashgar?
His purpose was to display the might of the Ming Dynasty and receive tributes.
Who was Zheng He?
A mix of Arabic and Bantu
What is Swahili?
China and Persia exploited the expertise of captured engineers and improved...
What are siege weapons?
(Effect) Literary and artistic culture was influenced by...
(Cause) Diffusion of different religions
This city fell to the bubonic plague and the Ottomans.
What is Constantinople?
Known for his religious leadership and made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
What was a bill of exchange?
A period of Mongolian peace.
What was Pax Mongolia?
(effect)Feudal societies in Europe declined because of...
(cause)Black Death
The Spice Island's locations.
What are Indonesia and Malaysia?
Secret organization to end the Yuan Dynasty.
What was the White Lotus Society?
Genghis Khan's effort to unify the Mongol empire through language
What is the Uyghur alphabet?
Loose network of cities and principalities-Batu's army
What was the Golden Horde?
(Effect) Population and urbanization growth
(Cause) Improved agricultural efficiency