Networks
Exchange
Africa
Asia
Throwbacks
100

This trade network, created by the Han, was used by the Mongols

Silk Road

100

Increased trade between Europe and Asia led to this pandemic

Black Death (bubonic plague)

100

Trade on the sub-saharan network became easier with the use of this animal.

What is the camel?
100

This group of pastoral nomads created the largest land empire in history

The Mongols
100
This empire flourished after the collapse of the Roman Empire 

What is Byzantine Empire

200

The Trans-Sahara Trade routes led to the rise of these TWO empires

Ghana and Mali

200

This maritime trade route connected the Middle East, East Africa and India

Indian Ocean trade routes

200

This language was created as a result of the connections between the African and Asian trade networks.

What is swahili?

200

This dynasty was created by Kublai Khan

Yuan Dynasty

200

This Mexican civilization used Slash and Burn agriculture 

Mayans

300

This civilization was isolated from the rest of Europe after being conquered by the Mongols

Kievan Rus (russians)

300

This empire required trading medallions to use their trade routes

The Mongols

300

This leader helped spread Islam throughout his empire of Mali

Mansa Musa

300

Territory in Asia the Mongols were unsuccessful in gaining 

What is Japan?

300

This term refers to paper bank notes used by the Tang and Song Dynasties

Flying cash
400

These wars restarted trade between europe and the middle east

Crusades

400

Merchants from East Africa and the Middle East would get stranded in South Asia due to these

Monsoons

400

The dominant two commodities on the Sub-Saharan trade network.

What is gold and salt?

400

This dynasty rose to power after the collapse of the Mongol Empire.

What is the Ming Dynasty?
400

This religious ritual was commonly practiced by the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans.

What is human sacrifice?

500

This bureaucrat test was discontinued by the Mongols

Civil Service Exam

500

Two belief systems that spread from Asia as a result of the Silk Road

Hinduism and Buddhism

500

The city that became the cultural center of the Mali empire.

What is Timbuktu?

500

This center for learning, which previously kept the knowledge from the Classical Age, was burned down by the Mongols in the Middle East

Baghdad House of Wisdom

500

Cyrillic writing and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, though still used in Russia, started in 

The Byzantine Empire 

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