Dynasties & Empires
This Chinese dynasty used Confucian bureaucracy and introduced paper money.
What is the Song Dynasty?
This overland route connected China with Europe and the Islamic world.
What are the Silk Roads?
This Chinese invention helped spread ideas and books quickly.
What is movable type printing?
In this system, peasants worked land for a lord in exchange for protection.
What is manorialism?
The Chinese practice of this religion spread to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
What is Buddhism?
This Muslim empire in India spread Islam and ruled before the Mughals.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
This African trade route linked Mali with North Africa and the Mediterranean.
What is the Trans-Saharan trade route?
This Song innovation allowed merchants to avoid using coins.
What is paper money?
The economy of the Mali Empire was built around this highly valuable resource.
What is gold?
This religion spread from the Arabian Peninsula to West Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia via trade.
What is Islam?
Mansa Musa was the ruler of this wealthy West African empire.
What is the Mali Empire?
These seasonal wind patterns helped guide ships across the Indian Ocean.
What are monsoon winds?
This innovation allowed merchants to secure credit along trade routes.
What is flying cash?
This West African empire became extremely wealthy through control of trans-Saharan trade.
What is the Mali Empire?
This West African city became a major center of Islamic scholarship and culture.
What is Timbuktu?
The Mongol Empire established this dynasty in China
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
These roadside inns supported merchants on long Silk Road journeys.
What are caravanserai?
Chinese engineers expanded this transportation system to connect North and South
What is the Grand Canal?
The Swahili Coast exported this highly valued animal product, often used for carving.
What is ivory?
Chinese culture, including Confucianism and bureaucracy, heavily influenced this nearby country.
What is Korea?
The Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia is best known for building this large temple complex
What is Angkor Wat?
This strait-controlled city-state dominated Indian Ocean trade and taxed passing merchants.
What is Malacca?
This Chinese invention revolutionized warfare and later spread via the Silk Roads.
What is gunpowder?
This system involved landowners in Japan giving land to peasants in return for loyalty and food.
What is the feudal system?
Mongol rule led to a period of peace and safety along trade routes known as this.
What is Pax Mongolica?