Mongol World
Fermented horse milk.
kumiss.
Indian Ocean trade is different from that of other regions because of the presence of this weather pattern.
Monsoons.
The Chinese Ming Dynasty was conquered in the 17th century by this 'barbarian' group from outside China.
Manchu/Qing
Two terms that describe the political organization of Europe between 1200-1450.
Feudalism, manorialism, decentralized monarchies.
This Chinese Dynasty invented gunpowder and was destroyed by the Mongol conquests.
Song.
This figure united much of Asia under his rule.
Chinggis Khan.
One diasporic community resulting from the Indian Ocean trade.
Arab/Persians in East Africa; Chinese merchants in SE Asia; Malays in Indian Ocean basin.
Janissaries.
The Spanish took advantage of this Inca labor system.
Mit'a.
The Islamic state was also known as the Islamic Empire and extended Muslim influence into Spain and West Africa.
Abbasid Caliphate.
This was a famous trading city along the Silk Road.
Samarkand.
Two of the three major explorers we discussed that traversed the world before 1450.
Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, Zheng He.
The struggle between the Safavid and Ottoman empires was based on
Name three animals or plants that originated in the Americas and spread to Afro-Eurasia due to the Columbian Exchange.
Potatoes, tomatoes, syphilis, etc.
Spread into Spain was by military force, spread into West Africa occurred via peaceful trade.
What two commercial technologies facilitated trade on the Silk Roads?
Letters of credit and caravanserai.
Three technologies that facilitated trade in the Indian Ocean between 1200-1450.
Compass, astrolabe, junk/dhow ships.
The Mughal Empire was ruled by those of this religion, and mostly ruled over those of this religion.
Muslim; Hindu.
Many European nations financed journeys across the Atlantic in search of what (not real) thing?
Northwest Passage
This group of Turks took over leadership of the Islamic world after the fall of the Abbasids, AND defeated this Christian empire.
Seljuks; Byzantines
The Mongol Khanates encouraged trade by doing these two things.
Destroying bandits to keep trade routes safe, the passport system, allowing freedom of movement.
Two factors that led to Europeans seeking a route to the Indian Ocean.
Crusades gave them taste of Eastern goods, find a way around Ottoman taxation, Europe was far from trade networks, Europe lacks many natural resources.
Give a factor that led to the expansion of land empires between 1450-1750.
Gunpowder weapons, cannons, armed trade.
How was Classical European knowledge preserved during the 'Dark Ages'? in Europe?
Islamic empires translated classical works into Arabic.