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| 240693912 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. (p. 373) | 0 | |
| 240693913 | Monsoon | rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains | 1 | |
| 240693914 | Delhi Sultanate | A Muslim leader of Ghur who defeated Hindu armies made Delhi, the third largest city of India, his capital. | 2 | |
| 240693915 | Mali | Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade. | 3 | |
| 240693916 | Delhi | a city in north central India | 4 | |
| 240693917 | Mansa Musa | this Mali king brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth from 1312 the 1337; he was the most powerful king in west africa | 5 | |
| 240693918 | Gujarat | an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay | 6 | |
| 240693919 | Raziya | (1236-1240) Daughter of Iltutmish, ruled well, dressed like a man, rode at head of troops | 7 | |
| 240693920 | Swahili Coast | East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.' (p. 383) | 8 | |
| 240693921 | Aden | an important port of Yemen | 9 | |
| 240693922 | Malacca | Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca. Also spelled Melaka. (p. 387), stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles | 10 | |
| 240693923 | Urdu | the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi | 11 | |
| 240693924 | Timbuktu | City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, Timbuktu became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning (388 | 12 |
