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Sub-Saharan Africa did not centralize power under one leader or central government. Instead communities formed __-____ _______, where families governed themselves.
What is kin-based networks?
European civilization in the Middle Ages was characterized by a decentralized political organization based on a system of exchanges of land for loyalty.
What is feudalism?
During the Han Dynasty, Chinese scientists developed the ____ ____ and improved the ____, both of which helped aid navigation and ship control along the seas.
What is the magnetic compass and rudder?
Mongolian peace, period of history between the 13th and 14th centuries.
What is Pax Mongolica?
The states were loosely connected through kinship ties, though they too had no central authority. Located in present day Nigeria.
What are the Hausa Kingdoms?
Were tied to the land meaning they could not travel without permission from their lords.
What are serfs?
Inns along the Silk Road. Often about 100 miles apart.
What is caravanserai?
Grandson of Genghis Khan. Set his sights on China. Established the Yuan Dynasty, overthrew the Song Dynasty.
Who was Kublai Khan?
Many Hausa benefited from the thriving ____-_____ ____, a network of trading routes across the great desert.
What is trans-Saharan trade?
Required the king to respect certain rights, such as the right to a jury trial before a noble could be sentenced to prison.
What was the Magna Carta?
What is money economy?
Mongol conquests helped transmit fleas which carried this disease.
What was the bubonic plague?
This word became the name of one of the most powerful of all East African kingdoms between the 12th and 15th centuries.
What is Zimbabwe?
In 1054, the Christian Church in Europe divided into two branches. Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Church. This divide was known as?
What was the Great Schism?
At a banking house a person could present a __ ___ ____ - a document stating the holder was legally promised payment of a set amount on a set date.
What is bill of exchange?
Considered a mongol invention. Created using Chinese gunpowder, Muslim flamethrowers, and European bell-casting techniques.
What was the cannon?
Through these ports, Zimbabwe was tied into the ___ ____ ____.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade?
Italian native from Venice, visited the court of Kublai Khan in Dadu, modern-day Beijing.
Who was Marco Polo?
In the 13th century, cities in northern Germany and Scandinavia formed a commercial alliance called the ____ _____.
What was the Hanseatic League?
Organized by Chinese citizens once they discovered the Mongols were not as fearsome as they once were. Overthrew Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty.
What was the White Lotus Society?