94080462 | Tropics | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn | 0 | |
94080463 | Monsoon | a 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 winter | 1 | |
94080464 | Ibn 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 | |
94080465 | Delhi Sultanate | -13 to 16 centuries -Muslim -monetary system -India | 3 | |
94080466 | Mali | -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 north | 4 | |
94080467 | Mansa 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 Egpyt | 5 | |
94080468 | Gujarat | -Western India coast -famous for trade and manufacturing | 6 | |
94080469 | Dhow | -a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs in Indian Ocean Maritime System along with the junk | 7 | |
94080470 | Swahili Coast | -Coast of East Africa -Arab and Bantu peoples= Swahili -involved in Indian Ocean Maritime System | 8 | |
94080471 | Great 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 state | 9 | |
94080472 | Aden | -major port in present-day Yemen -involved in Indian Ocean Maritime System | 10 | |
94080473 | Malacca | -Port city in modern SE Asian country of Malaysia -founded 15h century as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca | 11 | |
94080474 | Urdu | -the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi | 12 | |
94080475 | Timbuktu | -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 learning | 13 |
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