Mongols
The period of stability and peace under the mongol empire is referred as this in latin.
What is Pax Mongolica?
These goods were commonly traded items along the Silk Road.
What are spices, silk, tea, precious metals/stones?
Merchant group responsible for a majority of the connectivity of trade between multiple trade routes.
Who are Muslims?
The term for the mixture of culture and practices that results from the networks of exchange.
What is syncretism?
When given the choice between surrender and destruction by the Mongols, most people chose...
What is surrender? *think of specific reasons why*
Mongols used this type of warfare to outsmart their enemies.
What is psychological warfare?
This institution helped to facilitate the money changing process of commercialism along the Silk Road.
What are banking houses?
Wealthy west African empire that contained the major trade cities of Timbuktu and Gao
What is the Mali Empire?
The term for the spread of culture/practices outside of their point of origin.
What is diffusion?
True/False: The Mongols were known for integrating the advancements/cultures that they conquered with their own.
What is true?
The name of the mongol dynasty under Kublai Khan in China.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
This was the major religion that was spread by the Trans-Saharan routes.
What is Islam?
Which empire took control of the trading city of Gao after the fall of the Mali empire?
What is the Songai Empire?
True/False: Part of the success of the Mongol army was due to their organized hierarchy within their military.
True!