Innovations
helped aid navigation and ship control along the seas
magnetic compass and rudder
The king of the Mongolian kingdom, Temujin, also known as...
A road that stretched along the great wall of china, and through Afghanistan
The Silk roads
Who revived the land route of the Silk roads as well as the sea routes in the Indian Ocean
Arab merchants from the Abbasid Empire
A group of people in Central Asia that marched across much of Eurasia throughout the 13th century leaving destruction and chaos in their wake
The Mongols
Inns along the Silk Roads 100 miles apart
Caravanserai
The son of Genghis Khan´s oldest son
Batu
A stopping point on the Silk Roads between China and the Mediterranean
Samarkand
What events helped pave the way to expanding networks of exchange?
The Crusades
A sailboat developed in the Han Dynasty and was similar to the Southwest asian dhow
The Chinese junk
A written order without interest that binds one party to pay a fixed sum to another party at a predetermined date in the future.
Muslim Admiral that went on seven great voyages to display the might of the Ming Dynasty.
Zheng He
A muslim city- state that became wealthy by building a navy and by imposing fees on ships that passed through the Straight of Malacca
Malacca, or, Melaka
What caused the first golden age of the Silk Roads to come to an end?
The collapse of classical civilizations such as the Roman and Han empires.
The city that was the center of culture in Southern China
Hangzhou
a device that allowed sailors to determine how far north or south they were from the equator
astrolabe
Mali´s founding ruler
Sundiata
The Khmer Empire, that grew to be the most succesful kingdom in Southeast Asia was located in present day....
Cambodia
What was the most precious commodity traded in trans- saharan trade in 8th century C.E.
gold
Genghis Khan´s effort to unify his empire
Uyghur alphabet
portable towers used to attack walled fortifications and catapults that hurled stones or other objects were known as...
Siege weapons
An Italian native who visited the court of Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
What continent was most affected by the Black Death?
Europe
Trans saharan trade brought considerable wealth to what societies of west africa?
A plague that was introduced to Europe by way of trading routes