Trade Routes
What was the trade route that stretched out across Asia and to the Mediterranean Basin
Silk Roads
What items were important to the Trans-Saharan trade route
Gold & Salt
Where was Maya located?
Mexican and Central American rainforests.
Where is the birthplace of islam?
What were the 2 main rivers?
Indus, and Ganges rivers.
What trade route links with the Black Sea via the Dniper River?
The northern European trade route
What king gave out gold?
Mansa Musa
What were the 3 main civilizations?
Maya, Aztec, Incans
What did the Sunni believe?
They believed that the caliph (ruler) needed to be selected based on Muhammad's example.
The Gupta dynasty.
Where was Paper traded?
From China through the Muslim world to Byzantanium
Christianity
Where the Aztecs were monotheistic or polytheistic.
Polytheistic
What did the Shia believe?
What purpose did the Himalayas and Hindukush serve?
They protected the country form foreign invaders.
What were the 8 main goods that were traded?
Gold, Salt, Spices, Textiles, Procelian, Ambers, Furs, Timber
What was the city of Timbuktu for?
It was the center of trade & learning
Which Mesoamerican civilization had hieroglyphic symbols?
The Mayans
The Mongols
Around what time did the Indus Valley civilization begin to decline?
1750 B.C.
What religions were spread throughout the hemisphere?
What empire was close to the Indian Ocean Coast?
The Zimbabwe empire
Which Mesoamerican empire was similar to the Persians?
The Incans, because they developed a bureaucracy.
What happened in the Islamic schism?
Faith splits into the Sunni's and the Shia's
What were some of the achievements during the golden age?
Astronomy, Concept of zero, Decimal system, Arabic Numerals.