Silk Road
These guest houses allowed travelers and camels to safely rest and resupply.
What are caravanserai?
Born with the name Timujin, he founded the Mongol Empire.
Who was Genghis Khan?
Predictable, seasonal winds that influenced trade in the Indian Ocean.
What are Monsoon winds?
Powerful West African Kingdom and controller of the trade routes during the period 1200-1450.
What was Mali?
This Baghdad location was the site of preserved knowledge and intellectual exchange.
What was the House of Wisdom?
To improve safety, the Chinese invented this economic concept of exchange and credit.
What is flying cash?
Mongol traders are responsiible for the spread of this deadly illness along the Silk Rode to Europe.
What is the Plague (Black Death)?
Swift, Arab merchant boats that carried goods in the Indian Ocean Trade Netwrok.
What are dhows?
The religion of most wealthy West African merchants during the period 1200-1450.
What is Islam?
A consequence of connectivity was the capturing of Constantinople by these non Arab Muslims.
Who were the Turks.
The Silk Road began in the east in this city.
Chang'an (Xi'an)
As the Mongols invaded China, this dynasty was already in decline.
What is the Song Dynasty?
This southern African Kingdom acted as a middleman for traders on the Swahili Coast and the Indian Ocean.
What was the Great Zimbabwe?
The largest mud mosque in the world; located near Timbuktu.
What is the Great Mosque of Jenne?
The grandfather of most citrus fruits.
What are pomelos?
As Buddhism spread along the Silk Road, these monks displayed strict discipline and self-denial to reach enlightenment.
What are ascetics?
The Mongol version of the pony express message delivery system.
What was the Yam System?
Chinese Admiral whose fleet sailed the Indian Ocean expanding Chinese influence and collecting tribute.
Who was Zheng He?
This explorer was appaled at the Africanization of Islam that he encountered in West Africa.
Who was Ibn Battuta?
In this form of Chinese Buddhism, followers realize that they are already inherently a Buddha.
What is Chan (Zen) Buddhism?
This branch of Mahayana Buddism that spread to China and became popular involved followers who emphasize faith over ritual and opened the door to all types of followers.
What is Pure Land School?
As the Mongols invaded the Middle East, this caliphate was already in decline.
What is the Abbysid Caliphate?
The syncratic borrowing of Hinduism, Buddhism, and even Indian writing throughout the Indian Ocean region.
What is Indianization?
Non Arab rulers of Egypt who tapped into the thriving Trans-Saharan Trade Network.
Who were the Mamluks?
The scientific name for the Plague Bacteria.
What is Yersinia Pestis?