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Baghdad was a perfect spot for trade for this reason.
What is Baghdad was between two major rivers that could carry goods to and from the Persian Gulf. It was also close to major overland trade routes.
100
Name something the Silk Road was used for.
What is caravans from the East brought fruit to Arab cities?
100
Name the year Baghdad's power ended.
What is 1258?
100
Name the year King Mansur set out to build Baghdad.
What is 762 A.D.?
100
Define the word exchanged.
What is traded one thing for another?
200
Name some goods Arab trading vessels carried from the Middle East.
What are frankincense, myrrh, Arabian horses, cloth, carpets, swords, dates, leather, coffee, dried fish?
200
Name the reason Arab ship's sails were better than others.
What is they were made from cotton or woven from palm tree leaves?
200
Caravan trips required special planning for this reason.
What is a caravan might have hundreds or thousands of camels?
200
Describe Arab ships of the Middle Ages.
What is their hulls were made of durable teak and they had triangular sails.
200
Name the reason triangular sails are better.
What is they get more wind power and make the ships go faster?
300
Name some of the dangers Arab traders faced when crossing the Indian Ocean.
What are typhoons, cyclones, and pirates?
300
Name a reason the Silk Road was used.
What is ideas and inventions were exchanged?
300
Name something the silk road was used for.
What is trading silks?
300
Identify the heading you'd find the use for the oils from pressed flowers. Trade Room, Land Routes, The Silk Road, or The Incense Road.
What is the Silk Road?
300
When the population of Baghdad grew quickly, this happened.
What is the growing population demanded a wide range of foods and other goods.