Silk Road
The continents that are connected by the Silk Road
The leader of the Mongol Empire
Who is Genghis Khan (or Temujin)
The natural phenomenon that the Indian Ocean trade network was built upon
What are monsoons
The Trans-Saharan trade route became the economic engine of these empires
What are the Mali and Songhai empires
The reasons for the spread of Islam during this period.
What are military expansion, missionaries, merchants, and Sufis
The length of the Silk Road
What is roughly 4,000-5,000 miles
The kind of structure Genghis Kahn developed in his army
What is Meritocratic military structure
Communities that were created in foreign ports
What are diasporic communities
Two main products on the Trans-Saharan trade route
The organizations that provided education, care for the poor, offered spiritual guidance, and built community solidarity.
What are Sufi brotherhoods
The purpose of the Great Wall
What is to protect against Barbarian invaders
The legal code in which all Mongol tribes operated
What is the Yassa
Two revolutionary ship designs that made Indian Ocean trade possible
This institution expanded because of the Trans-Saharan slave trade
What is slavery
Christian boys that were recruited from the Balkans who were converted to Islam and served as elite soldiers
What are janissaries
City on the Silk Road known as the "Crossroads of Cultures"
What is Samarkand
Refers to roughly 150 years of relative security, stability, and open trade that the Mongol Empire enabled across Eurasia
What is Pax Mongolica
The blending of religious and cultural traditions
What is syncretism
How Mansa Musa created his wealth
The man credited with major Islamic mathematic advancements.
Who is Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Reasons for the Silk Road's decline
What is political chaos, environmental changes, rise of mercantilism and ocean trade, age of discovery, and European naval power
The postal system that developed to boost communication over thousands of miles
What is the Yam
Culture that blended Arab, Indian, and African linguistic and cultural elements
The religion that was culturally diffused throughout the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
What is Islam
The Four Schools of Islamic Law