Environmental & Social
The Mongol conquest carried fleas that carried this disease
Multiple clans of pastoral nomads who started the largest land-based empire in human history
The crop that led to a skyrocketing population in China
What is Champa rice?
Valuable goods brought by China
What is silk, porcelain, paper, and gunpowder?
Two languages that make up the Swahili language
What is Bantu and Arabic?
The reason people in the Sahara desert preferred camels over horses
Religious leader who distributed wealth and Islam throughout Mali
Who is Mansa Musa?
Used for many different purposes in the trans-Saharan trade routes, namely storing a large amount of goods at once for increased efficiency
What is a camel saddle?
A Chinese system of credit allowing a merchant to deposit paper money at one location and withdraw the same amount at another
What is flying cash?
Islam spread through port cities via this method
Who are merchants of Muslim faith marrying wives that chose to convert to Islam?
A period of Mongolian peace and religious tolerance
What is the Pax Mongolica?
A 100,000 person Mongol army which conquered small Russian kingdoms and forced them to pay tribute, led by Batu Khan
What is the Golden Horde?
Locations for flying cash in Europe in the 1300s, became the models for modern banks
What are banking houses?
A term used to describe modern-day Malaysia and Indonesia due to their exports of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom
What is the Spice Islands?
Center of culture in southern China, where many notable poets resided
What is Hangzhou?
Seasonal, knowledge of which being paramount to trade in the Indian Ocean
What is monsoon winds?
Often advised monarchs on government matters under the Sinhala dynasties
What are Buddhist priests?
Innovation which improved seafaring on the Indian Ocean
What is the lateen sail/stern rudder/astrolabe/magnetic compass/junk?
Why merchants on the Silk Roads would typically bring only luxury goods
What is a limited carrying capacity?
Religion spread to China via the Silk Roads
What is Buddhism?
Collected additional tribute for the Mongols, used to develop an army to rise up and defeat the Golden Horde, causing the start of an independent country
What is Moscow?
Dynasty founded after the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown
What is the Ming Dynasty?
Created by engineers captured by the Mongols, examples include a catapult
What are siege machines?
Resulted in African customs and musical styles showing up in places such as Oman and India
What is the Indian Ocean slave trade?