Ancient Asia
The country that Buddhism originated from
India
Large structure meant to keep other empires out, during the Ming Dynasty.
Great Wall of China
Capital of the Western Roman Empire
Rome
person who passed down oral stories of tradition in Africa.
Griot
Mansa Musa.
Civil Service exams that were based on the philosophy in the Han Dynasty.
Confusciousnism
A traveler from Europe who worked for Kublai Khan.
Marco Polo
Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Constantinople
worship of ancient ancestors and the belief that your deceased ancestors are near you.
Ancestorial worship.
City Mansa Musa was trying to reach on his pilgrimage.
Mecca
Dynasty that invented paper making and gun powder
Song Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty's main goal with the use of the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden city.
Isolation
One of the things Justinian did for the Byzantine Empire that would make a lasting impact on the empire.
two things that kept Ghana's economy thriving.
Salt and Gold
City that was important for trade and culture in Mali.
Djenne
Ruler of the Mongol Empire that took over most of present-day China.
Genghis Khan
Naval explorer during the Ming Dynasty
Who would conquer Constantinople?
Mehmed II, Mehmed the Conqueror
What would Ghana collect from merchants getting salt and gold?
Taxes
dominated the upper Niger River
Songhai
Silk Road
Country Marco Polo was from
Italy
Name of what Constantinople would be changed to after it had been conquered.
Istanbul
An important city in Mali for trade.
Timbuktu
Trade and Islam spread along this trade route in Africa.
Trans-Saharan Trade Route.