State Building 1200-1450
This fast-ripening rice helped fuel population growth during the Song dynasty.
Champa rice
This overland trade network connected East Asia to the Mediterranean world.
Silk Roads
This empire controlled much of Eurasia and encouraged cross-cultural exchange.
Mongol Empire
These seasonal winds made Indian Ocean trade predictable.
monsoon winds
This type of ship improved European ocean travel.
Caravel
This group gained status in China by passing Confucian-based exams.
Scholar-gentry
These cities served as hubs for trade, culture, and religion along trade routes.
Caravan cities / caravanserai
Mongol rulers often recruited administrators based on this trait rather than ethnicity.
Skill / ability
This group dominated Indian Ocean trade networks before European arrival.
Muslim merchants
This institution in the Islamic capital served as a center for learning and debate.
Baghdad's House of Wisdom
This belief system shaped social hierarchy and family roles in East Asia.
Confucianism
This group translated and preserved Greek philosophy and science.
Muslim scholars
This policy helped the Mongols rule diverse populations.
Religious tolerance
Europeans initially lacked this advantage in Asian trade.
valuable trade goods
This technology was widely used in China centuries before it spread to Europe.
Printing / gunpowder / compass (accept any)
Agricultural surplus in East Asia most directly led to growth in these areas.
Cities / urban centers
The spread of this disease was an unintended consequence of trade networks.
The Black Death / bubonic plague
These weapons strengthened centralized states after 1450.
Gunpowder weapons, cannons
This Latin American resource became crucial to global trade after 1500.
Silver
This practice allowed private individuals to collect taxes for the state.
Tax farming in the Ottoman Empire
This type of labor supported most premodern states by producing food and taxes.
Peasant Labor
High population density made these locations (give a region) especially vulnerable to disease.
European cities
This system allowed governments to collect revenue to fund armies and expansion.
taxation
Silver allowed Europeans to purchase goods from this region.
China
These regions adopted Chinese writing systems and Confucian ideas.
Korea & Vietnam