People 1
this person was a merchant who traveled through Asia along the silk road
Marco Polo
this person went on the most famous pilgrimage to mecca, helping the countries he passed by giving them money
Mansa Musa
this person unified many different tribes in central Asia
Genghis Khan
this person created the largest empire to ever exist
Genghis Khan
Ivan the terrible ruled this country
Russia
Kublai Khan
this person was is the richest person of all time
Mansa Musa
this person wrote a book where he embellishes on his travels in china
Marco Polo
this person was a Chinese eunuch during the Ming dynasty
Zheng He
Ivan the Terrible hated this group of nobles
the Boyars
this person traveled through the Indian ocean to China
Ibn Battuta
this person led Ottoman armies to conquer christian strongholds of Belgrade, Rhodes, and most of Hungary
this person doubled the size of the Ottoman Empire and was know as _ the magnificent
Suliman I
this person developed cities such as Timbuktu into cultural centers
Mansa Musa
Ivan the Terrible defended Russia from future nomadic invaders by doing this
this person strengthened the Safavid dynasty and expelled the Ottomans and Uzbeks from Persian soil
Shah Abbas
this person conquered china and became the first Yuan ruler of all of China
Kublai Khan
this person extended the reach of the Mughal dynasty across India and created an accepting and liberal government
Akbar the great
Prince Henry
Ivan the Terrible was the first _ in all of Russia
Tsar
This pope expand the popes authority and worked to launch crusades to recover the holy land and combated heresy in Italy and southern France
Pope Innocent III
led the largest ships in the world around the Indian ocean to demonstrate Chinese excellence
this person was captured, held for ransom, and executed by Fransico Pizzaro
Atahualpa
the 13th and final emperor of the Incas who achieved victory in a civil war with his half brother
Atahualpa
Ivan the Terrible followed and expanded this religion
Russian Orthodox