Emperor of Mughal empire built this for a monument and a tomb
what is the taj mahal?
Wrote a book about his travels
What is Marco Polo?
Overland routes people used to trade goods.
What is the silk Road?
arrived in European and killed between a third to half of the population
What is the Bubonic plaque?
Main 3 reasons that Europeans explored
A new city was created to control the Boyars by forcing them to live there.
What is St. petersburg?
Sailed to America in 1492
What is Christopher Columbus?
Routes that connected east Africa, the Arabian peninsula , India, Southeast Asia, and East asia
What is the Indian Ocean trade route?
Fought over control of areas in the middle east
What is the crusades?
Not allowing Europeans to use land routes
what is ottomans?
Close to a the city of Paris, a palace was made where the nobles would serve the king.
What is versailles?
Moved Portuguese exploration forward
What is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Important part in using the indian ocean
What is monsoon wind?
Took over control of the silk road and improved it
What is the Mongol empire?
Controlled and influenced trade routes
What is trading posts?
City in mali
what is timbuktu
Wrote one the earliest autobiographies in English
who is Margery Kempe?
Pit-stop along the Silk road
What is Caravanserai?
Islamic empires that rose to power after the Mongols
What is Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires?
Eastern and western hemisphere became linked
What is the Columbian exchange?
enslaved christian boys from Russia and raised to fight for shah
What is the Safavid Empire?
Strengthened the Ottoman navy and recognized the advantages of employing artillery
What is Sultan Mehed II?
Poor location for communities and societies to develop and exist
What is the trans-Sahara?
This group rose 1299-1453
What is ottomans?
A log time obstacle for further Maritime exploration
What is Cape bojador?