Trade Routes
What did the Trans-Saharan trade route trade?
Gold and Salt
Where did the African Civilizations develop?
Sub-Saharan west and East Africa
Where was Maya located?
Yacutan Peninsula. Chichen Itza
What did the Muslims split into?
Sunnis and Shias
What mountains protected the Indian empires from foreign invaders?
Himalayas and Kush
Where is the West European river trade route located?
From the Swiss alps into the North Sea
What city was in Western Africa?
Timbuktu
Which civilization had ALOT of human/animal sacrafices?
Maya
What family came to power and moved the capital to Damascus
Umayyd
Where do the Aryans come through?
Where were the Silk Roads located and what did they trade?
Asia to the Mediterranean and they traded Silk, Porcelain, textiles, and paper.
What was the African Kingdoms main religion before Islam took over?
Animism
What were the main acheivements of the Mayans?
Hieroglyphic symbols, Calendar, and Writting System.
What family brought on the golden age?
Abbasids
He faced harsh reality and decided to turn to peace, prosperity, and tolerance of other beliefs.
What did the North Europeans and the Black sea trade?
Ambers, Fur, Timber
Where was Axum located?
What did Macchu Picchu repersent for the Incans?
Religious sit for Incan leaders
What as the battle of tours?
The halt to the spread of islam (Stopped in spain)
roads, (free) hospitals, and buddhist shrines.
What region invented waterwheels and windmills?
China
Where was Zimbabwe and what kind of capital did they have?
Close to the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers and were the capital of a prosperous empire.
What were the Incan Acheivements?
What were the main achievements of Islam?
Alegebra, The ability to set bones, universites, and arabesques.
What was the Gupta Dynasty
Golden Age of Indian Empires