What is feudalism?
This crop, transferred from Southeast Asia to East Africa, increased the population in the region.
What are bananas?
Kingdom that defeated the Songhai.
What is the Kingdom of Morroco?
What is Sufism?
This Somali innovation allowed more goods to be transported on the Trans-Saharan Trade Network.
What is the camel saddle?
Professional military in an empire from 1450-1750 (many potential answers).
What are the Samurai, Jannisaries, Ghulams, and Streltsy?
A technological innovation during the Song Dynasty (many potential answers).
What is champa rice, Grand Canal, steel production, porcelain)
Merchants from these states were prominent in the Indian Ocean Trade Network (1200-1450) (many options).
What is City-states of the Swahili Coast, Gujarat or the Sultanate of Malacca?
In the second half of the 15th century, the emperor of this Empire began requiring that regional and local governments pay their taxes to the emperor in silver.
Who were the Ming?
East African state that traded with the Swahili States. Raised cattle. Traded gold and ivory as well.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
New form of credit: allowed merchants to make large payments across long distances without physically transporting large amounts of coins, essentially functioning like a modern check
What is a Bill of Exchange?
Palace in France, used by Louis XIV to limit the power of nobles.
What is the Place of Versailles?
New Islamic political entity that emerged after 1200 CE (many options).
Broadly: Turkic Empires
Specifics: Seljuks, Mamluks, Delhi Sultanate
Trading city in Central Asia along the Silk Road (2 options)
What is Samarkand or Kashgar?
The sect of Protestantism with predestination as the central doctrine.
What is Calvinism?