Trade Routes 1200-1450
The mongols protected trade route connecting China to the Mediterranean Sea.
Silk Road
This monotheistic religion was founded in the Arabian peninsula by a former merchant turned prophet who lived in Mecca.
Islam
Timbuktu
Long term effect of champa rice in China.
Population increase
The Eastern half of the Roman Empire that lasted about 1,000 years longer than the Western half.
Byzantine Empire
Islamic merchants used caravans to travel along this treacherous route.
trans-Saharan trade route
During the middle ages, this institution was a unifying force across Western Europe, as the leader held the most political and social power in society.
Catholic Church
We all know Mansa Musa, the Great Malian King, but who was the Moroccan cleric who wrote about his journey, and traveled throughout Dar al Islam?
Ibn Battuta
When Genghis Khan died, his Mongol empire was divided into four __________.
Khanates
Before 1450, this was the largest maritime trade route, stretching from China to the Eastern coast of Africa.
Indian Ocean
This religion originated in India and was disagreed with the Hindu caste system.
Buddhism
Incan forced labor system. Required work on big state projects and infrastructure.
Mit'a system
Which Dynasty was known for technological innovations and the expeditions of Zheng He?
Ming
The mass movement of a people out of their homeland (such as the Jewish people)
diaspora
The most extensive trade system in Pre-Columbian America, containing thousands of miles of roads, was built by this American empire.
Inca Empire
Islam believes in the Five Pillars of faith, which include the belief in one god, charity, fasting during Ramadan, prayer five times a day, and a _____ to Mecca.
Hajj
This society, based out of modern day Mexico City, established a tribute system across as it expanded its borders.
Aztecs
The Chinese dynasty under Mongol control.
Yuan
The language of the Catholic Church.
Latin
Caravansari
Name 2 branches of Islam
Sufism, Sunni, Shiite
The term for the floating gardens created by the Aztecs and used in their capital of Tenochtitlan.
Chinampas.
The grandson of Genghis Khan who created the Yuan Dynasty.
Kublai Khan
The spread of Bubonic Plague led high death rates and _______________.
Collapse of feudalism / Labor Shortage / Money for peasants and serfs