This Chinese Muslim admiral commanded a series of expeditions under the Ming Dynasty.
Who is Zheng He?
This emerging state took over the Middle East and Byzantine lands.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
This is where the Renaissance began.
Where is Florence, Italy?
These two new pieces of technology introduced to Europe paved the way for sea navigation.
What is a compass and astrolabe?
These Polynesians settled in New Zealand.
Who are the Maori?
This rebel leader seized the Mongol capital of Beijing and established a dynasty which lasted until 1644.
Who is Zhu Yuanzhang?
What is the Sufi Movement?
The Renaissance introduced these themes in literature and art.
What are nonreligious and secular themes?
This Central Asian Empire helped Europeans grow their international position by spreading their Asian knowledge and technology.
Who are the Mongols?
Hawaiian politics and society were structured in this form.
What are regional kingdoms and warlike caste systems?
This tool was significant in aiding Zheng He in his expeditions.
What is the compass?
Landlords began to seized power over peasantry after this once-powerful empire started weakening.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
This fourteenth-century Italian figure explored glories of personal achievment.
Who is Francesco Pretrach?
These Italian brothers were precursors of thrust into the southern Atlantic, but disappeared.
Who were the Vivaldis?
These were the results of European explorers encountering Polynesian islands in the 18th century. (particularly regarding technology and illness)
What are vulnerability to diseases and inferior weaponry?
Ming Dynasty trade was halted for these reasons.
What are opposition from Confucian bureaucrats and continuous expenses?
This book written by Al-Ghazali claimed that religious truth was impossible to discover by human reason.
What is The Destruction of the Philosophers?
This Florentine painter departed from medieval formalism and stiffness.
Who is Giotto?
This prince sponsored Portuguese voyages to make newly discovered areas economically profitable, marking the beginning of Western European expansion.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
The Inca Empire declined due to these reasons.
What is overexpansion and conflict of power?
These goods were shipped to the Middle East and Swahili Coast through voyages.
What is chinaware and copper coinage?
These foreign traders took advantage of Arab decline and challenged their vital trade routes and markets.
Who were European merchants?
In architecture, ideas shifted away from Gothic styles to these styles which derived from Greece and Rome.
What is classicism?
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India, and established Portuguese entry into the Indian Ocean.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The Aztecs declined because of these reasons, which allowed for European intervention.
What is exploitation of subject people for gold, slaves, and religious sacrifices, causing disunity?