Maritime Empires
This European country was the first to explore the African coast using caravels and new navigation tools.
What is Portugal?
This empire was ruled by Suleiman the Magnificent and controlled parts of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This trade network connected East Asia to Europe and allowed silk, spices, and ideas to spread
What are the Silk Roads?
This prophet founded Islam in the Arabian Peninsula.
Who is Muhammad?
This holy city became an important religious center after the rise of Islam.
What is Mecca?
This empire built a powerful navy and controlled trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This empire ruled Persia and made Shia Islam the official religion.
What is the Safavid Empire?
This trade route connected Africa, Asia, and the Middle East using predictable wind patterns.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
This Mongol leader created the largest land empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This city connected Europe and Asia and served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
What is Constantinople?
This maritime empire gained wealth by conquering territories in the Americas and controlling Atlantic trade.
What is Spain?
This empire was founded in South Asia later ruled by Akbar.
What is the Mughal Empire?
This trade route allowed West African kingdoms to exchange gold and salt with North Africa using camel caravans.
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Network?
This European traveler wrote about his experiences traveling along the Silk Roads.
Who is Marco Polo?
This West African empire became wealthy by controlling the gold and salt trade.
What is Mali?
This nation focused on trade rather than large colonies and used joint-stock companies to gain wealth.
What is the Netherlands (Dutch Republic)?
This land-based empire expanded using gunpowder weapons such as cannons and muskets.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This trade network depended on seasonal monsoon winds to connect East Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
This Mughal ruler promoted religious tolerance and improved the empire’s administration.
Who is Akbar the Great?
This body of water was essential to trade between Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This empire dominated global trade routes by using advanced ships, cannons, and overseas colonies.
What is the British Empire?
This empire used a bureaucracy, a strong military, and religious tolerance to successfully govern a large and diverse population.
What is the Mughal Empire?
This trade system linked China, the Middle East, and Europe and helped spread religions such as Buddhism and Islam.
What are the Silk Roads?
This Ottoman ruler expanded the empire and reformed its legal system.
Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
This West African city became a major center of Islamic learning and trade due to the Trans-Saharan Trade Network.
What is Timbuktu?