Trade Networks and Cities
A network of trade routes connecting China to the Mediterranean, used to exchange goods, ideas, and culture.
What is the Silk Road?
A network of northern European trading cities that worked together to control trade and protect merchants.
What was the Hanseatic League?
The birth name of Genghis Khan before he unified the Mongol tribes.
Who was Temujin?
A secret society in China that resisted Mongol rule and helped bring down the Yuan Dynasty (The Mongol-led dynasty in China established by Kublai Khan)
Who were the White Lotus?
lWhere are these major trading routes located?
The Srivijaya Empire and Malacca, which controlled key trade straits.
Where is Southeast Asia?
A major trading city in Central Asia where routes of the Silk Roads met.
What was Kashgar?
Unique as both a landed state and an official member of the Hanseatic League, this military order was integral to protecting and organizing Baltic trade networks.
What were the Italian City-States (Venice and Genoa)?
A title meaning "leader" or "ruler" used by Mongol leaders.
What was Khan?
Women's status was constrained, with foot-binding becoming popular among elites to symbolize status and ensure submissiveness.
What was Patriarchy?
Triangular sails that allowed ships to sail against the wind.
What are Lateen Sails?
A wealthy Silk Road city in Central Asia known for trade, culture, and learning.
What was Samarkand?
Specialized associations of traders (e.g., weavers, wool traders) that dominated local and international trade in European towns, setting quality standards and prices.
Who were the Merchant Guilds?
A region ruled by a khan; the Mongol Empire was divided into several of these.
What was the Khanate?
They followed the Bushido code, which emphasized loyalty to the lord and, increasingly, Zen Buddhism.
What was Samurai Culture (Japan)?
Seasonal winds that helped sailors travel across the Indian Ocean.
What are Monsoon Winds?
Roadside inns where traders could rest, store goods, and exchange information along trade routes.
What were Caravanserai?
A network of independent trading cities on the East African coast (like Kilwa and Mombasa) that operated as key intermediaries for trading gold, ivory, and enslaved people with Arab and Indian merchants.
What were the Swahili City-States?
The Mongol Khanate that ruled over Russia and parts of Eastern Europe.
Who was the Golden Horde?
A brotherhoods emphasized a personal, mystical connection to God, aiding in the peaceful expansion of Islam.
What was Sufism?
Islands in Southeast Asia (Indonesia) known for valuable spices like nutmeg and cloves.
What are the Spice Islands?
A form of credit used during the Tang/Song Dynasties, functioning as a precursor to modern paper money and banknotes.
What was flying cash?
Developed in Italian city-states, these institutions created early capitalist tools, such as letters of credit and advanced accounting practices, allowing for large-scale, long-distance trade.
What were Banking Houses?
The Mongol state that ruled Persia (modern Iran)
Who was Il-khanate?
Social structure was highly stratified, with rulers considered divine or semi-divine.
Who were the Americas (Aztec/Inca)?
A major Indian Ocean trading port in India.
What is Calicut?