Technologies
An instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars, that tells you how far North and South you are.
What is an Astrolabe?
These items came mostly from Pacific Islands and some of their names were ginger, cinnamon, carmodon, anniese.
What are spices?
The city on the west coast of India that became a thriving center of trade
What is Calicut?
His name meaning "ruler of all" given to Temujin when he was elected khan of Mongolian Kingdom; also spelled Chinggis Khan
A vast network of trading routes that connected the East to the West: Constantinople in Europe to Chang'an in Asia
What is the Silk Road Trade Route Networks?
These business issued bills of exchange; model for modern banks.
What is a Banking House?
A fine blue and white ware from China.
What is porcelein?
This trading city located at the western edge of China where northern and southern routes of the Silk Roads crossed.
The four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose after the death of Genghis Khan.
What are the Khanates?
A route across the Sahara Desert; traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling dessert, camels and camel saddles were crucial in the development of these trade networks; facilitated the spread of Islam
What is the Trans- Sahara Trade Route.
These inns that popped up about 100 miles apart (the distance camels could go before they needed water) along the routes of the Silk Roads.
What is a Caravanserai?
What is salt?
Located in present-day Uzbekistan in the Zeravshan River valley, this city was a stopping point on the Silk Roads between China and the Mediterranean.
What is Samarkand?
The grandson of Genghis Khan that sought to conquer China and finally achieved it in 1271 and established the Yuan Dynasty
Who is Kublai Khan?
An Italian native who traveled to China in the late 13th century and wrote about his travels on the Silk Road under the Mongol rule.
Who is Marco Polo?
There Arab ships with lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design; facilitated trade in the Indian Ocean networks.
What is a Dhow Ship?
A fine, strong, soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric. It can also be spun by some insect larvae and by most spiders.
What is Silk?
A very wealthy and world-renowned center for Islamic learning
West African empire from 1235-1400 with trading cities Timbuktu and Gao that grew their wealth mainly through gold and salt trade.
What is the Mali Empire?
Slaves from eastern Africa were sold in northern Africa, the Middle east, and India. This led to African customs spreading throughout these areas
What is the Indian Ocean Slave Trade?
These heavy winds that affected trade routes in the Indian Ocean.
What is monsoon winds?
These luxury goods made from fragrant substances such as frankincense, myrrh, sandalwood, and various floral oils, traded across the Indian Ocean network from Arabia, East Africa, India, and Southeast Asia
What is perfumes?
This city in western Arabia thatw a s the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad; ritual center of the Islamic religion and destination for pilgrimages
What is Mecca?
A powerful and long-lasting empire in what is modern-day Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and southern Vietnam
What is the Khmer Empire?
A settlements of people away from their homeland arising from trade
What is a Diaspora?