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This famous admiral led massive treasure fleets across the Indian Ocean during the early Ming Dynasty.
Who is Zheng He
This Persian empire established Shi’a Islam as the state religion in the 1500s.
What is the Safavid Empire
This system organized society into lords, vassals, and serfs during the Middle Ages.
What is feudalism
This trade network connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Network
This global trade system connected Europe, Africa, and Asia through land routes and helped spread goods, ideas, and disease.
What is the Silk Road
This non Han ethnic group conquered China and established the Qing Dynasty.
Who are the Manchus
This Mughal emperor promoted tolerance and abolished the jizya tax for a time.
Who is Akbar the Great
This global trade of goods, crops, and diseases followed European exploration of the Americas.
What is the Columbian Exchange
These seasonal wind patterns made sailing across the Indian Ocean possible.
What is the monsoon winds
This navigation tool helped determine latitude using the stars.
What is an astrolabe
This philosophy remained the foundation of government and education during both Ming and Qing dynasties.
What is Confucianism
This elite Ottoman soldier unit was made up for enslaved boys trained for military service.
What are Janissaries
The first permanent European settlement in Africa was established at this location by the Dutch.
What is the Cape of Good Hope
This important West African trading city became a center of learning and Islam.
What is Timbuktu
This trade network connected West Africa to North Africa using camel caravans.
What is the Trans Saharan Trade Network
Under Qing rule, Han Chinese men were forced to wear this hairstyle as a sign of loyalty.
What is a queue
This famous institution in Baghdad promoted scholarship, translation, and learning.
What is the House of Wisdom
This English political philosopher argued that government was abusing natural rights and wanted to protect life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke
This European country was among the first to dominate Atlantic exploration and trade.
What is Portugal
This empire became heavily dependent on American silver, which fueled inflation.
What is the Ming Dynasty
This European maritime empire traded silver for goods like porcelain and tea with China.
Who are the Spanish
This was the first caliphate established after the death of the Prophet Muhammad.
What is the Rashidun Caliphate
This economic system, which dominated the 17th century, argued that colonies existed to provide raw materials and markets for the mother country.
What is Mercantilism
This Spanish system forced Indigenous people to work in the Americas.
What is the encomienda system
This West African empire controlled much of the gold-salt trade.
What is the Mali Empire