The Mongols
Named Temujin at birth, this man unified several tribes across the steppe and became the “universal emperor” of the Mongol people.
Who is Genghis Khan (or Chinggis Khan)?
The overland routes of the Silk Roads connected these continents.
What are Africa, Europe, and Asia?
This animal was most essential to the expansion of the Trans-Saharan trade routes.
What is the camel?
The flood, drought resistant strain of rice contributed to a population boom in China And was traded throughout the silk roads.
What is champa rice
The expansion of trade under Mongol rule unintentionally allowed this epidemic to spread rapidly across Afro-Eurasia.
What is the Black Death (or bubonic plague)?
The Mongols were experts in waging war while riding this animal.
What is a horse?
Merchants converted to this faith to avoid taxes and to join a set of shared values with others in distant markets.
What is Islam?
Knowledge of this natural phenomenon allowed merchants to accurately plan voyages and to know when they would arrive at a distant port.
What are monsoon winds?
This Chinese explorer led seven naval expeditions around the Indian Ocean Basin between 1405 and 1424. Among the places he visited were Brunei, Java, Siam (Thailand), Southeast Asia, India, the Horn of Africa, and Arabia.
Who is Zheng He?
Why were trade routes safer and more trusted during this era?
Who are The Mongols?
The Mongols created the khanate of the Great Khan, which (after 1279) also became known by this dynasty name.
What is the Yuan?
These roadside inns allowed merchants to rest and recover from the day's journey. They also supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the Silk Roads.
What are caravanserai?
These three major religions spread to Southeast Asia along trade routes from other regions.
What are Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam?
This traveller introduced the concept of Paper Money to Europe (also told them about bathing habits in the Middle East)
What is the Who is Marco Polo??
What type of popular system collapsed in Europe due to The Black Plague?
What are Feudalist systems?
This grandson of Genghis Khan completed the Mongols' conquest of China by defeating the Song Dynasty in 1279.
Who is Kublai Khan?
Credit Arrangements used between Chinese merchants that allowed for long distance trade
What is Flying Cash
Name 6 items that were traded during this Era
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Name 5 innovations in technology to make trade across all continents in this unit easier
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Name 4 reasons as to why Europe would eventually set off to colonize parts of the world after this era.
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This century-long period of peace led to increased in trade and connections between the east and west ends of Afro-Eurasia.
What is Pax Mongolica?
Leaders in these two West African kingdoms strictly controlled the movement of merchants across their lands in an attempt to guard the secret locations of gold mines to the south.
What are the Mali/Songhai and Ghana kingdoms?
One part of the Sand Roads ended in this West African city, which became an intellectual and religious learning center -- much like Baghdad in the Middle East.
What is Timbuktu?
communities where merchants introduced their own cultural practices into the local cultures
What are diasporic communities
Name all the places/region affected by the Black Death and where it was the most devastating.
What are China, The Mille East, Northern India/Africa and Europe where it was the most devastatin.