Goods Exchanged
The most popular item traded over this road
What is Silk?
Country which decided to send explorers around Africa to get to India
The empire which closed the silk road indefinetly
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Man who went around Africa and successfully got to India.
Type of navigation used by sailors by using the placement of stars
What is Celestial Navigation?
The item which was traded more in the later years
What is Spices?
Nation which formed in 1469 by the unification of Aragon and Castile.
What is Spain?
What is China?
Nation which blocked Europeans from traveling through its territory to access the Red sea
What is Egypt?
A type of city set up by a power for domination of the selected region
What is a Colony?
The disease spread from China along the Silk Road during the 1300s
What is the Black Plague
Nation which denied Columbus' request for money to travel across the Atlantic due to a war with England.
What is France?
A major city which created a dominant empire over India
What is Delhi?
Highest mountain range in the world, isolating India from China blocking direct routes
What is the Himalayas?
Major city in the Middle East, modern day capital of Syria, which served as a link between Europe and the Middle East
What is Damascus?
Ideas based on the stars explained along the road
What is Astronomy?
Nation which was centered around Constantinople and fell in 1453, causing the closure of the Silk Road
What is the Byzantine Empire (Roman Empire)?
Nation which rose up and spread Islam, one of the fastest growing nations ever.
What is the Caliphate?
Empire which crumbled and formed nations such as the Golden Horde, blocking any northern routes
What is the Mongol Empire?
Name of the first deep sea sailing ship, created by the Portuguese
What is the Caravel?
Material which the Taj Mahal is made from and traded to Europe
What is Limestone/Sandstone
2 Italian Republics which controlled the eastern Mediterranean for a long duration of the Silk Road's existence.
What is Genoa and Venice?
The main empire who controlled the spice islands
What is Majapahit?
Strait in between Sumatra and Malaysia, a major trade route for sailing to China
What is Malacca?
Empire in Africa accessed by the Portuguese via the port of Dakar
What is Mali?