Trade Routes 1200-1450
Silk Road
A type of social and political system in which landholders provide land to tenants in exchange for their loyalty and service, typically found in Europe.
Feudal System
Name the dominant Islamic Caliphate of the period 1200-1450
Abbasid Caliphate
This religious institution held a significant amount of political and social power during the Middles Ages of Western Europe.
Catholic Church
This Moroccan cleric wrote about his journeys in which he traveled throughout the entire Islamic world and beyond
Ibn Battuta
This unintentional consequence of increased trade during Mongol rule cause millions of deaths and impacted Europe particularly hard.
This was a series of Turkic, Muslim dynasties ruling northern India
Delhi Sultanate
Golden Horde, Yuan Dynasty, Ilkhanate, Chagatai, are all examples of...
Khanates
The continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople.
Byzantine Empire
This belief system spread to North Africa primarily through conquest. However, its popularity in West and East Africa was due to its importance to trade in those regions.
Islam
Before 1450, this was the world's largest maritime trade route, stretching from China to the East coast of Africa.
Indian Ocean
This word translates to "successor to the prophet Muhammad" they were the ultimate political leader
Caliph
This Chinese fleet admiral started his career as a poor Muslim eunuch. By the time of his death, he commanded the largest fleet of ships ever built in his era.
Zheng He
The most extensive trade system in Pre-Columbian America, containing thousands of miles of roads, was built by this American empire.
Inca Empire
Name the great African city of learning. Had the dopest libraries in all of Africa.
Timbuktu
This triangular shaped sail would be vital for merchants in the Indian Ocean as allowed for sailing against the wind.
Lateen Sails
Many empires collected this from many of its neighboring or conquered peoples. This would often times be collected in the form of food or other commodities.
Tribute
He conquered the Song Dynasty, and established his own Mongol dynasty within China. His grandfather was once the "universal ruler."
Kublai Khan
Incan forced labor system, worked on big state projects for a limited about of time.
mit'a
These East African coastal city-states grew wealthy from Indian Ocean trade, adopted Islam, and blended African, Arab, and Persian influences.
Swahili Coast
Islamic merchants used camels and caravans to travel along this treacherous route.
Tran-Saharan Trade Route
A system of testing designed to select the most studious and learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese government.
Civil Service Exam
These 3 Chinese dynasties were active during the period 1200-1450.
Song, Yuan, Ming
The economic and geographic representation of feudalism in Europe, where serfs live on the grounds of large estates providing agricultural production
Manorialism
This fortified stone city, built by the Shona between the 11th and 15th centuries, controlled inland gold trade and features massive dry-stone walls and a Great Enclosure.
Great Zimbabwe