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94080462Tropicsthe part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn0
94080463Monsoona seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia that blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, and cold, dry air from the northeast during the winter1
94080464Ibn Battuta-Moroccan Muslim scholar -the most widely traveled individual of his time -wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and western Sudan.2
94080465Delhi Sultanate-13 to 16 centuries -Muslim -monetary system -India3
94080466Mali-Empire created by indigenous Muslims -western Sudan of West Africa -thirteenth to fifteenth century -role in the trans-Saharan trade: gold, salt, slavest -Mansa Musa -Djenne -Timbuktu -tropical in south, arid in north4
94080467Mansa Musa-king of Mali -went on pilgrimage to Mecca -Muslim -showered gold on everyone on the pilgrimage to show how wealthy Mali was -gave out so much gold that it lowered the value of gold in Egpyt5
94080468Gujarat-Western India coast -famous for trade and manufacturing6
94080469Dhow-a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs in Indian Ocean Maritime System along with the junk7
94080470Swahili Coast-Coast of East Africa -Arab and Bantu peoples= Swahili -involved in Indian Ocean Maritime System8
94080471Great Zimbabwe-now in ruins -modern African country of Zimbabwe -whose many stone structures were built between about 13th and 15th centuries -trading center -capital of large state9
94080472Aden-major port in present-day Yemen -involved in Indian Ocean Maritime System10
94080473Malacca-Port city in modern SE Asian country of Malaysia -founded 15h century as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca11
94080474Urdu-the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi12
94080475Timbuktu-City on the Niger River in Mali -founded by the Tuareg as seasonal camp in 11the century -major crossroads of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning13

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