Networks
Exchange
Europe/ Africa
Asia
Throwbacks
100

This trade network, created by the Han, was used by the Mongols

Silk Road

100

Increased trade between Europe and Asia led to this pandemic

Black Death (bubonic plague)

100

This European nation was hit first and the hardest by the Bubonic Plague

Italy

100

This group of pastoral nomads created the largest land empire in history

The Mongols
100

This Byzantine Empress helped stop the Nika Revolts

Theodora

200

These wars restarted trade between europe and the middle east

The Crusades

200

This maritime trade route connected the Middle East, East Africa and India

Indian Ocean trade routes

200

This northern civilization are credited with the discovery of Iceland and North America

the Norse (or vikings)

200

This dynasty was created by Kublai Khan

Yuan Dynasty

200

This Mexican civilization used Slash and Burn agriculture 

Mayans

300

This civilization was isolated from the rest of Europe after being conquered by the Mongols

Kievan Rus (russians)

300

These inns were located 100 miles apart throughout Central Asia

Caravanserais

300

This English Monarch left his brother John in charge of the throne when he left to fight in the 3rd Crusade

Richard the Lionhearted

300

This center for learning, which previously kept the knowledge from the Classical Age, was burned down by the Mongols in the Middle East

Baghdad House of Wisdom

300

This term refers to paper bank notes used by the Tang and Song Dynasties

Flying cash
400

This courier system was used by the Mongols to transport messages around the Silk Road

The Yam System

400

Merchants were seen as the lowest class in this country

Japan

400

This document shifted England from an Absolute Monarchy to a limited monarchy 

Magna Carta

400

This term refers to cultural diffusion and adoption of Chinese culture

Sinification

400

This system was used by the Incas to construct their vast highway system

Mit'a System

500

You would find this trade network in the Andes Mountains probably with Llamas on it

Carpa Nan

500

The trans-sahara trade routes started a surplus of food throughout the Middle East and North Africa called this

Islamic Green Revolution

500

The Black Death spread to Europe from ________ in Crimea to this Italian port city

Kaffa

Genoa

500

Kublai Khan has two capitals; the summer capital located in Mongolia called __________ and his winter capital located in China called Dadu (present day ____________)

Xanadu & Beijing

500

Built in the 12th century, this vast temple complex in Cambodia was originally dedicated to a Hindu god before becoming a symbol of Buddhism

The Angkor Wat