Silk Roads
This is an example of a good exported from China along the Silk Roads.
What are (ex. spices, porcelain, silk)?
This is the name of the Mongol leader who united the nomadic tribes before his famous conquest.
Who is Genghis / Chinggis Khan?
This West African kingdom grew wealthy by taxing gold-salt trade.
What is the Mali Empire?
These East African civilizations connected to Indian Ocean trade, exporting gold, ivory, and slaves.
What are the Swahili Coast city states?
All three major Afro-Eurasian trade networks spread this unifying cultural force.
What is Islam?
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This monetary innovation helped facilitate Silk Road trade by reducing the need to carry coins.
What is paper money?
This is one reason the Mongols were so effective in combat.
What is (ex. horse archers, use of artillery, recruiting enemy talent, use of terror, etc.)?
These are the two most prominent goods traded in Trans-Saharan trade routes.
What are salt and gold?
These is an example of an environmental factor that facilitated Indian Ocean trade.
What are the predictable monsoon winds?
This trading network carried the bubonic plague to Europe.
What are the Silk Roads?
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These rest stops provided lodging, food, and protection for Silk Road merchants.
What are caravanserai?
This term describes the Mongol “peace” that allowed for flourishing trade and cultural diffusion across Eurasia.
What is Pax-Mongolia?
What is the camel saddle?
This type of triangular sail allowed ships to tack against the wind, allowing for safer and faster travel in the Indian Ocean.
What are lateen sails?
These were the two empires that protected merchants along, respectively, the Silk Roads and Trans-Saharan trade routes.
What are the Mongols and Mali Empire?
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This city in Central Asia became a wealthy Silk Road trading hub.
What is Samarkand?
This is the term for the portion of the Mongols that ruled over Russia once the Mongol Empire broke apart.
What is the Golden Horde?
This famous Islamic traveler described Mali and other African societies in his writings.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
Besides Chinese porcelain, this is an example of a good in high demand within the Indian Ocean trading network.
What are spices?
Both Trans-Saharan and Silk Roads primarily carried these kinds of goods rather than bulky ones.
What are luxury goods?
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What are (ex. Chansey, Snorlax, Tauros, any legendaries)?
This Persian empire, one resulting from the Mongol conquests, profited from controlling part of the Silk Road in Iran.
What are the Il-Khanate?
He was the culturally-sensitive and tolerant Mongol ruler of the Yuan Dynasty after the Song Dynasty collapsed.
Who is Kublai Khan?
This city in Mali became a major center of learning and trade.
What is Timbuktu?
This was the most powerful trading kingdom of Southeast Asia, controlling the Strait of Malacca.
What is Srivijaya?
This form of banking/credit was used on both the Silk Roads and in the Indian Ocean.
What are bills of exchange?
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