Emerging Islamic States
What are the names of the three emerging Islamic empires we studied?
The Seljuk Turks, The Mamluk Sultanate, The Delhi Sultanate
Which religion spread from India to China through the silk road?
Buddhism
What is the name for the location in which merchants could get bills of exchange?
Banking Houses
What social class, consisting of individuals engaged in trade and commerce, played a crucial role in facilitating the exchange of goods and cultural diffusion along trade routes?
Merchants
What empire did these three groups emerge from?
The Abbasid Caliphate
The places where merchants stopped and rested along the silk road are called
caravanserai
What were the common forms of currency used for trade along the Silk Road in addition to coins?
What was the name for the port city-states in Africa that engaged in trade along the Indian ocean?
Swahili civilization
This Moroccan explorer and scholar is famous for his extensive travels throughout the Islamic world and beyond during the 14th century. Who is he?
Ibn Battuta
Which of the states we studied was not centralized?
The Seljuk Turks
Under the control of which group did the silk road thrive (1200-1450 AD)
The mongols
Which Muslim Eunuch traveled in a large fleet to bring back tributes for China? must be pronounced correctly
Zheng He
What was the name for the interior civilization of Africa, known for their stone houses and rich in gold?
Great Zimbabwe
What system of land grants was commonly used by Islamic rulers, where land was given to officials and soldiers in exchange for services and tax revenue?
Iqta
Who were the high-ranking officials in Islamic empires who advised rulers on political, administrative, and military matters?
Vizier
Which religion spread predominantly along the silk road?
Buddhism
What trade city developed in modern day Malay due to their desirability and low customs duties?
Malacca
What type of vessel, characterized by a triangular sail, was commonly used by Arab and Indian sailors in the Indian Ocean for efficient navigation and trade during the 13th to 14th centuries?
Dhow
What maritime empire, centered in Southeast Asia, dominated trade in the Indian Ocean from the 7th to the 14th centuries?
Srivijaya
Sufism is a mystic form of which branch of Islam?
Sunni
Which product traded along the Silk Road was often used by both Christian and Buddhist religious institutions?
Silk
What economic system, characterized by the exchange of goods for other goods without using money, was prevalent along the Silk Road during the 13th to 14th centuries?
barter system
What term describes the Indian Ocean region, including coastal areas of India, Southeast Asia, and East Africa, which were collectively known for their production of spices?
Spice Islands
The chiefs of Indonesia calling themselves Bodhisattvas to legitimize their rules and mystical powers is an example of
Syncretism