Innovations
Ship developed in the Han Dynasty
What is the Chinese junk
Bubonic Plague cause
Decline of feudal system and made workers more valuable
One of Genghis Khan's effort to unify his empire
What was uyghur alphabet
Impacted when people could travel and trade on the Indian Ocean
What were the monsoon winds?
The spread of Islam to southern Asia
What is intermarriage?
Medical knowledge was translated from _____ into Arabic
What is Greek?
Cause of reintegration of the Silk Roads
Mongols improved roads by punishing bandits
Place that built a navy to impose fees on ships going through the Strait of _______
What is Malacca?
Allowed human settlement in the dessert
What is an Oases?
Religion that Mongols converted to in the Il-khanate kingdom
What is Islam?
Improved amount carried on the Silk Roads and improved trade in Africa
What were camel saddles?
Created a better money economy so that people could trade easily
What is flying cash
Muslim admiral who displayed the might of the Ming Dynasty through the Indian Ocean by receiving tribute from people he encountered
Who was Zheng He?
Inns where travelers could rest both themselves and their animals, and trade for new animals.
What was a caravanserai?
Samarkand was know for its
What were religious mosques?
Surprise and draft
What were Mongol fighting techniques?
Merchants' introduction of _____ increased population growth
What was the introduction of new crops?
Batu's army that conquered small Russian kingdoms and forced them to pay tribute
What was the Golden Horde?
Mongol's had to do this in order to survive their harder life due to the competition in the outskirts of the Gobi Desert
What made Mongol's good at hunting and warfare?
Man who was known for his religious leadership, rather than his economic and political leadership
Who was Mansa Musa?
Farming technique which allowed Champa Rice to grow in parts of China which were once thought to be unusable
What was terraced farming?
Diversity spread through interaction with cultures through this network of exchange
What were Trans-Saharan trade routes?
Settlements away from their homeland
What was a diaspora?
Overgrazing and deforestation (which led to soil erosion) are examples of
What was environmental degradation?
A Christian mother who wrote to a more religious audience
Who was Margery Kempe?