People
Served in the court of Kublai Khan
Who is Marco Polo?
killed about 50% of European population
What was the Black Death?
This crop helped feed and grow the population of China
What is Champas Rice?
maritime inventions that facilitated trade
lateen sail, stem rudder & astrolabe
facilitated the exchange of luxury goods, culture and technology in Eurasia
What are the Silk Roads?
His writings taught us details about life in the Islamic world
Who was Ibn Battuta?
reasons for decline of the Mongol Empire
What are corruption and the failure to keep up with military advancements?
communities made up of people from other places
What are diasporic communities?
Mongols impact on trade
What is made Silk Road trade safer?
Major empires of Western Europe and Africa in 13th century
What were the Mali, Al-Andalus, Byzantine Empire and Kievan Rus?
Genghis Khan's grandson who created the Il-Khanate
Who was Hulegu?
two problems with the Safavid Empire
What are no real navy or natural defenses?
period of peace that allowed trade to flourish under the Mongols
What is Pax Mongolia?
first large civilization in Northern America
What was the Mississippian culture?
trade routes within northern Africa
What are the trans-Saharan trade routes?
spread social reforms to protect industrial workers
Who is Otto Von Bismarck?
England & France's fight over territory
What is the Hundred Years' War?
"cult of domesticity"
What concept of feminism developed as part of the Industrial Revolution?
Hangzhou, Samarland, Kashgar, Constantinople
What are some major cities that contributed to cultural connection and diffusion?
replaced the Mali Empire as the strong hold empire of West Africa
What is the Songhai Empire?
Italian physicist who developed the radio
What is the radio?
Hindus focus on traditional teachings and importance of spirituality
What was the Bhakti Movement?
final great religious conflict between Catholics & Protestants in Europe
What is the Thirty Years' War?
worker's unsanitary and unsafe working conditions
What are reasons that labor unions were formed?
three reasons for the decline of empires
What are ineffectiveness, intolerance of minorities and failure to modernize?