Maritime Trade
This term describes coastal cities that developed as major trading hubs where goods were stored and exchanged, facilitating global trade.
What are entrepots?
This flourished under mongol rule as seen in the silk road and maritime trade?
What is trade or economies?
Genghis Khan unified the Mongol tribes and created a structured system that rewarded people based on this quality.
What is merit?
This minority group was persecuted as a scape goat during the black death?
Who are the jews?
This vast desert was the central barrier that trans-Saharan trade routes crossed, connecting West and North Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This navigational tool, originating in China, became essential for sailors as it allowed them to navigate under cloudy skies.
What is the magnetic needle compass?
This Mongol ruler of China, whose reign was described by Marco Polo, adopted and extended the use of paper money.
Who is Kublai Khan?
This period of stability and prosperity across the Mongol Empire, lasting from around 1250-1350, allowed trade and culture to flourish.
What is Pax Mongolica?
One of the Mongol Empire’s legacies, this period of relative peace and open trade routes ended as the plague spread.
What is the pax mongolia?
These indigenous North African people facilitated trade across the Sahara and helped spread Islam into West Africa.
Who are the Berbers?
India’s central location on maritime routes made it a commercial crossroads, and traders relied on these types of relationships to conduct business effectively.
What are personal relationships or connections (name-dropping)?
The Mongols revitalized this famous trade route, connecting East Asia to Europe and reviving economic exchanges.
What is the Silk Road?
After the fall of Baghdad in 1258, this historic caliphate came to an end under the Mongol conquest.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
The Black Death significantly reduced the population in Europe by this fraction.
What is 2/3?
Founded by Sundiata in 1235, this powerful West African empire became a major player in trans-Saharan trade.
What is the Empire of Mali?
This strategic port in Egypt became a crucial trade hub, connecting the Mediterranean with the Indian Ocean trade network.
What is Alexandria?
Marco Polo’s account, written in this book, introduced Europe to Mongol innovations and described the wonders of Kublai Khan’s court.
What is "The Book of Ser Marco Polo"?
The Mongol Empire was divided into four of these regions after 1294, each ruled by a different khan.
What are khanates?
The economic and societal upheaval caused by the Black Death ended this period in European history of manorialism.
What is the middle ages?
The heartland of Mali was governed directly by the emperor, while semi-autonomous regions, known by this term, were ruled by sub-kings.
What are peripheries?
The large Chinese ships known as this could carry up to 500 people and transport goods across vast distances in the South China Sea.
What are junks?
Known for their tolerance, the Mongols allowed conquered peoples to practice their religions freely, partly because they believed their own religion was uniquely tied to this.
What is the land of Mongolia?
This was a large-scale, cooperative hunt that trained Mongol warriors in discipline and coordination.
What is the Nerge?
Despite its reach across much of Afro-Eurasia, the plague had little effect in this South Asian region, partly because it was never under Mongol rule.
What is India?
This famous emperor of Mali made a grand pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325, attracting attention for his wealth and piety.
Who is Mansa Musa?