Fermented Mare's Milk Enthusiasts
The birth name of Genghis Khan.
Leif Erikson's bad boy daddy
Erik the Red
This Franciscan Missionary traveled to the Mongol Homeland to learn more about the Mongols (And maybe convert them!)
William of Rubruck
The name of the Bubonic Plague of the 14th century in Europe
The Black Death
The holy text in the Islamic Faith
The Qur'an
Genghis Khan's son and successor.
Ogedei Khan
This Chinese official was the leader of the Treasure Voyages
Zheng He
He traveled from West Africa to Mecca, and in the process depressed the price of gold for decades
Mansa Musa
This Muscovite killed many fellow Russians from Novgorod
Ivan the Great
This Mesoamerica society borrowed heavily from the Olmec
The Mayans
A pastoralist people that challenged the Byzantine Empire before the Mongols
The Seljuk Turks.
This made travel across the Indian Ocean predictable and easy.
The Monsoon wind system.
This allowed travelers to move about the Mongol World in peace. It was also a credit card
The Mongol Passport
This battle in France resulted in the stop of the spread of Islam in Western Europe
The Battle of Tours
This Sufi convert wrote extensively about faith and truth
Al-Ghazali
This group of pastoralists briefly conquered much of Northwest Africa and parts of Iberia.
The Almoravids
If you take your yacht to invade Japan (like the Mongols) beware of this.
Kamikaze
He traveled across the Dar al Islam
Who is Ibn Battuta
This event of the 6th century resulted in the deaths of many people in the Northern Hemisphere. Does anyone smell smoke?
The Volcanic Eruption of 535.
This was a "city of splendor" on the nomadic frontier in what is today Uzbekistan
Bukhara
This pastoralist leader lived "rent free" in the heads of Roman leaders
Attila the Hun
These ships were used for travel across the Western Indian Ocean for over 1000 years
Dhows
Vasco da Gama
The fourth one of these killed a lot of people in Constantinople
The Crusades
This was a system of power and division that shaped societies in South Asia, and continues to prove challenging to equality even today
The Caste System