Down the Silk Road
What was the main luxury good traded along the Silk Roads?
What is silk?
Which body of water was crucial for Indian Ocean trade
What is Indian Ocean?
What is the largest religion in history
what is Christianity?
Who was the leader of the Mongols when they was at their peak
What is Genghis Khan?
What country was responsible for the creation of gun powder
What is China?
What continent did the Silk Road mainly connect to China
what is Asia?
What desert did the Trans-Saharan trade routes cross
What is Sahara Desert?
What is the holy book of Islam called
What is the Quran?
Which country Kublai Khan attempted to conquer twice but failed both times
what is Japan?
What Chinese invention helped sailors navigate open seas more accurately
What is Magnetic Compass?
What religion spread widely along the Silk Roads during this period?
What is Buddhism?
What animals were essential for transporting goods across the Trans-Saharan trade routes
What is Camels?
who is considered the founder of Judaism
who is Abraham?
What nomadic group founded the largest contiguous empire in history
What is Mongol Empire?
Where did Champa rice come from
what is Vietnam?
How did Silk road gets its name
What are the two important goods, one used to keep things fresh and the other used as money, that were traded across the Sahara Desert
What is Gold and Salt?
Which religion did Margery Kempe mostly was involve in
What is Christianity?
Which West African ruler made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in the 1300s, spreading wealth along the way
What is Mansa Musa?
What mathematical concept did the Islamic world help develop?
What is Algebra?
When did the Silk road happen
what is 4000 years ago?
This West African trading city became world-famous for its massive wealth and intellectual centers after the visit of the Mali Empire's most famous ruler, Mansa Musa.
What is Timbuktu?
What does Dar al-Islam mean
What is "The House of Islam"?
Which empire controlled much of the Trans-Saharan trade network and became very wealthy
What is the Mali Empire?
What system did the Inca use to keep records without writing
What is quipu?