Maritime empires
The meaning of a maritime empire.
What is a sea based empire?
Control overland silk road access.
What is Mongol empire?
An extensive network of ancient trade routes connecting east Asia with the Middle east and Europe and exchanging goods.
What is Silk Road?
An Italian explorer who made four voyages across the Atlantic starting in 1492.
What is Christopher Columbus?
Incas were located within this world geographic region.
What is Latin America?
Europe could not trade with these people because of a ban.
What is Japan?
Made Shia Islam the state religion of Persia.
What is the Safavids?
A caravan network crossing the Sahara desert exchanging goods.
What is the Trans-Saharan trade routes.
Regarded as one of the founding figures of the protestant Reformation.
What is Martin Luther?
Consisted of block printing, foot binding, and Taizu in the 1200s.
What is China?
This maritime empire built vast colonies in the Americas, using silver mines and spreading Catholicism.
What is the Spanish empire?
They are known for the Taj Mahal and many more pieces of architecture.
What is Mughal empire?
A Maritime trade route exchanging goods like spices, textiles, gold, and silk.
What is the Indian Ocean trade route?
Captured the Moorish port of Ceuta in Morocco in 1495 and also directed the production of the caravel.
What is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Sees the spread of Christianity as a threat.
What is Tokugawa Japan?
This new technology helped make ocean travel easier.
What is the compass?
What is Manchu Dynasty?
A trade route between Europe, Africa, and America with slaves, and raw materials and american goods.
What is the Triangular Trade?
A Russian ruler who transformed Russia into a major European power by modernizing its military, government, and culture.
What is Peter the Great?
Established by Persians for its favorable maritime trade location.
What is Kilwa Sultanate?
This maritime empire was home to famous explorer Henry the navigator.
What is Portugal?
The empire that is most responsible for forcing the Europeans to search for a sea route to Asia.
What is the Ottomans?
A major advancement that helped facilitate trade.
What is caravanserai?
The founder and the first great Khan of the Mongol empire.
What is Genghis Khan?
Discovered Madeira and the Azores and sponsors Maritime exploration.
What is Portugal?