Trade Goods
This empire primarily traded porcelain and silk.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
This empire rose due to the plague killing millions and very poor living conditions for the common person.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
The Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid empires all practice this religion.
What is Islam?
This king is said to be the richest man who ever lived; he also built Timbuktu.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This planned city served as a center of learning and art and increased Islamic influence in West Africa.
What is Timbuktu?
This empire was the largest in its region and traded gold and salt.
What is the Songhai Empire?
This empire was conquered by the Spanish in 1532.
What is the Inca?
This empire was known for worshipping hundreds of gods and performing ceremonies that included human sacrifice.
Who were the Aztecs?
This Chinese explorer traveled to Arabia and Africa on behalf of his country, but records of his travels were eventually destroyed.
Who is Zheng He?
The Taj Mahal was built by this empire.
What is the Mughal Empire?
Name one trade good of the Ottoman Empire.
Coffee, ceramics, mugs
This empire fell because it was unable to modernize, and eventually was on the losing side of WWI.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
These two empires both had sizeable populations of people who practiced Buddhism.
What are the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Ming Dynasty?
This Spanish Conquistador conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
This site is one of the greatest military defense structures and spans for miles. It was completed under the Ming dynasty.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This was the only European country with which the Tokugawa shogunate could trade.
What are the Netherlands? (the Dutch)
This European empire rose because one leader unified smaller lands and ruled them under a strict social hierarchy.
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
This empire practiced Shi'a Islam, which is still practiced in the geographical area today.
What is the Safavid Empire?
Who is Shah Abbas?
These "floating islands" allowed the Aztecs to maximize their farmland.
What are chinampas?
This Islamic empire traded carpets and tiles.
What is the Safavid Empire?
This empire fell when attacked by Moroccans, who had obtained gunpowder, giving them a tactical advantage.
What is the Songhai Dynasty?
This empire is the only NON-European Empire to practice Christianity empire-wide.
What is Ethiopia?
This emperor took back the Mughal Empire after it was overpowered; under his leadership, there was constant war.
Who is Akbar?
This site is believed to have been a royal residence for an emperor; it also features terrace farming.
What is Machu Picchu?