Africa
Commodity from West African empires that were sold through Berber middlemen to Europe that fueled Renaissance banking
gold
America's first metropolis
Teotihuacan
Founder of the Mongol Empire with the organization of nomadic tribes into a formidable military force
Genghis (Chinggis) Khan
Chinese admiral known for the 7 voyages of his Treasure Fleet that sailed around the Indian Ocean, the Arabian peninsula and East Africa
Admiral Zheng He
Where some countries benefit while others are exploited for cheap labor and resources with the three key component
Core
Semi - periphery
Periphery
The World System
Wealthy king of Mali who established the city of Timbuktu as an intellectual and cultural center in Africa with libraries, schools of law, medicine, literature and the sciences. Scripts were written in Arabic
Mansa Musa
People who developed the culture of ancient Polynesia
the Lapita
Sophisticated highway system developed by the Mongols that provided safe passage with stops and were patrolled
yams
Empire that established with unity around the Mediterranean and North Africa from the 15th century and lasted until the 20th century
the Ottoman Empire
Innovations of the Mayans
•Mathematics – understood the concept of zero
•Astronomy
•Engineering with the construction of pyramids
Calendar
the Nok
Economic system prevalent in pre-Columbian North America
trade networks among indigenous nations
Characteristics of Genghis Khan's administration
•military-feudal form of government
• He ordered the adoption of a writing system
•a regular census
•diplomatic immunity to ambassadors from foreign countries
•Freedom of religion
He brought all northern Russia under Moscow’s control and ended Mongol Rule
Ivan III or Great
Developments that led to the Age of Exploration
better instruments and seagoing vessels introduced by Muslim and Asian scholars
knowledge of winds and currents
Religions present in Africa in the 1400s
Islam
Judaism
rural animistic beliefs
Type of hieroglyphs used by the Mayans
Lasting legacy of the Mongols
the largest land empire
connect Asia to Europe
facilitated trade - goods, ideas, food, tools
revival of trade that led to the European Age of Exploration
System that traveled on three points: Europe, Africa and the Americas that brought enslaved people from Africa to the Western Hemisphere
the Triangular Trade System
New weapons created by the Mongolian army
flaming arrows
rams
catapults
exploding balls containing sulfur
bamboo rockets
hand cannons
stoneware bombs
Region in East Africa where coastal merchants served as middlemen between the peoples of the interior continent and the traders arriving from ports and developed a trade language with the city of Zanzibar was the center of networks that eventually expanded to the Far East including trade with China.
highly centralized state
system of highways through the Andes Mountains
terraced agriculture
forced labor system
Period in Asian history characterized by:
construction of canals and expansion of roads to facilitate travel - passports provided
network of roads and postal stations
economic expansion with the encouragement of travel and trade
openness to foreigners that led to an exchange of ideas and technology
creation of a astrological observatory in China
Pax Mongolica
Exchange between the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia) and the New World (the Americas)
1. flora
2. fauna
3. disease
The Columbian Exchange
astrological and navigational technology in sailing Easter Island statues trade network with the people of South America