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| 15135782646 | Silk Roads | A system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods; known for spreading religions such as Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam as well as technological transfers and diseases like the Bubonic plague |  | 0 |
| 15135782647 | Indian Ocean Trade | connected to Europe, Africa, South Asia, and China.; worlds richest maritime trading network and an area of rapid Muslim expansion, spread of goods, ideas |  | 1 |
| 15135782648 | Trans-Saharan Trade | 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 |  | 2 |
| 15135782649 | magnetic compass | Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north |  | 3 |
| 15135782650 | rudder | Steering device, usually a vertical blade attached to a post at, or near, the stern of the boat; improved sea trade |  | 4 |
| 15135782651 | junk ship | A very large flat-bottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel and participation in the tribute system |  | 5 |
| 15135782678 | Swahili city-states | City coasts that actively participated in Indian Ocean trade along the East coast of the African continent |  | 6 |
| 15135782673 | Bubonic Plague | Also called the Black Death; the deadly disease that spread through Asia and Europe and killed more than a third of the population in some areas; hit Europe (peak 1347-1351) especially hard due to unsanitary living conditions and overcrowded cities; spread thanks to increased trade along the Silk Roads |  | 7 |
| 15135782662 | Mansa Musa | Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world. |  | 8 |
| 15135782664 | Camel Saddle | An invention which gives camel riders more stability on the animal and its invention and basic idea traveled along the Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade Route. Invented somewhere between 500 and 100 BCE by Bedouin tribes. |  | 9 |
| 15135782666 | Sundiata | the founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes along the trans-Saharan trade networks |  | 10 |
| 15135782654 | paper money | legal currency issued on paper; it developed in China as a convenient alternative to metal coins; facilitated trade |  | 11 |
| 15135782667 | Khan | Name for a Mongol ruler |  | 12 |
| 15135782679 | Zheng He | (1371-1433?) Chinese Ming Dynasty naval explorer who sailed along most of the coast of Asia, Japan, and half way down the east coast of Africa before his death; facilitated China's role in the tribute system in the Indian Ocean trade network. Did this to show ming power and control Indian Ocean, but they ended his voyages because he wasn't confucian and they were too expensive. |  | 13 |
| 15135782675 | Ibn Battuta | (1304-1369) 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. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period. TRAVELED IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. |  | 14 |
| 15135782658 | monsoon winds | seasonal wind in India, the winter monsoon brings hot, dry weather and the summer monsoon brings rain |  | 15 |
| 15135782671 | Il-Khanate | Mongol empire that ruled over Iran (Persia) & the Middle East | 16 | |
| 15135782668 | Khanates | Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Ghengis Khan. |  | 17 |
| 15135782663 | Timbuktu | Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning thanks to its location in the trans-Saharan trade networks; universities, mosques, and libraries |  | 18 |
| 15135782672 | Yuan Dynasty | (1279-1368 CE) The dynasty with Mongol rule in China; centralized with bureaucracy but structure is different: Mongols on top->Persian bureaucrats->Chinese bureaucrats; did not emphasize Confucianism and the civil service exams |  | 19 |
| 15135782669 | Pax Mongolica | The period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire. |  | 20 |
| 15135782676 | Marco Polo | (1254-1324) Italian explorer and author. He made numerous trips to China and returned to Europe to write of his journeys. He is responsible for much of the knowledge exchanged between Europe and China during this time period. THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO (book) |  | 21 |
| 15135782665 | caravan | group of traveling merchants and animals |  | 22 |
| 15135782670 | Golden Horde | Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. | 23 | |
| 15135782659 | Spice Islands | Europeans' name for the Moluccas, islands rich in cloves and nutmeg - highly valued spices often traded in the Indian Ocean trade network |  | 24 |
| 15135782660 | diaspora | A dispersion of people from their homeland; merchant communities of Muslim spread Islam throughout Southeast Asia | 25 | |
| 15135782655 | Caravanserai | an inn with a central courtyard for travelers in the desert regions of Asia or North Africa; allowed caravans and their camels to rest in a protected environment, encouraging trade |  | 26 |
| 15135782657 | porcelain | a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China |  | 27 |
| 15135782661 | Dhow Ships | Arab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design; facilitated trade in the Indian Ocean networks |  | 28 |
| 15135782674 | Gunpowder | Invented within China during the 9th century, this substance was became the dominate military technology used to expand European and Asian empires by the 15th century; spread from East to West via trade networks like the Silk Roads and help from the Pax Mongolica |  | 29 |
| 15136012284 | There was a continued diffusion of crops along trade routes. | Sugar, citrus fruits, bananas; names were changed to local languages; they had to figure out ways to irrigate so that made qanats and norias. | 30 | |
| 15136012285 | Effects of the diffusion of crops along trade routes. | population increase, more coerced labor, advanced agricultural technology, stable food supply, urbanization, boosted economy | 31 | |
| 15136012286 | Effects of bubonic plague | PLAGUE HIT RESET BUTTON ON EUROPE: better wages and working conditions (ended serfdom), religion downfall which lead to an increase in the monarchy's power, antisemitism (strausburg), peasant rebellions | 32 | |
| 15136012287 | Hajj of Mansa Musa | opened diplomatic relations with north africa, made islam economically attractive, made timbuktu a trading up and center for learning and culture, export of slaves | 33 | |
| 15136012288 | diaspora communities | resulted from trade | 34 |
