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| 3423987657 | Tropics | The region between the Tropic of Cancer (north) and the Tropic of Capricorn (south) | 0 | |
| 3423992116 | Moonsoon | seasonal winds | 1 | |
| 3423996865 | Ibn Batuta | Muslim scholar from Morocco who explored the Muslim world and wrote about his travels | 2 | |
| 3424000768 | Ceylon | Island which is now the country of Sri Lanka | 3 | |
| 3424004795 | Mali | A Muslim empire located in West Africa south of the Sahara. Flourished as a result of trans-Saharan trade; gold is a very important commodity. Metalworking, especially iron is prevalent. | 4 | |
| 3424016673 | Timbuktu | A large, notable city in the Malian empire | 5 | |
| 3424019268 | Mansa Musa | Malian ruler that made the hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca along with a caravan of people. He also brought gold and other riches that he gave away along the route. This exemplifies the degree of Mansa Musa's faith in Islam and made a name for the Malians in the rest of the Muslim world. | 6 | |
| 3424038193 | Berbers | Muslim population on the coast of North Africa that helped spread Islam to the rest of Africa. | 7 | |
| 3424044643 | Hausa States | Important trade states located east of Mali. | 8 | |
| 3424048061 | The Delhi Sultanate | Empire founded in northern India by Turkic Muslims. Used force/terror to convert the civilian population to Islam. Declines in the late 14th century after an invasion by Timur. Muslim nobles in the north form the Bahmani kingdom and the Hindus in the south form the Vijayanagar empire. | 9 | |
| 3424066977 | Sultan Itutmish | One of the first rulers of the Delhi Sultanate. Continues the expansion of Delhi territory in India. More benign than other rulers. Leaves his daughter Raziya as his heir; she has a short reign of about four years before she is deposed due to the fact that she was a woman. | 10 | |
| 3424082710 | Sultan Khalji | A sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. Controlled the frontier. Raised taxes. Seized the powerful trading state of Gujarat. | 11 | |
| 3424096089 | dhow | A popular cargo and passenger vessel with Arabic origins. | 12 | |
| 3424099114 | junk | Chinese ship; generally the largest and most technologically advanced of the vessels involved in Indian Ocean Trade. | 13 | |
| 3424106848 | Swahili Coast | Strip of coast on East Africa that contained many city-states that depended on the commerce of Indian Ocean Trade. Spoke the Arabic-influenced Bantu language of Swahili. | 14 | |
| 3424115220 | Kilwa | Major trading center on the Swahili Coast. | 15 | |
| 3424119140 | Great Zimbabwe | Capital of a state south of the Zambezi River that handled a lot of gold from the region. | 16 | |
| 3424127228 | Aden | Trade center located on the southwestern tip of the Arabian peninsula. Aden had enough rainfall to provide enough water to support a large population, contrasting to most settlements on the Arabian peninsula. Center of trade routes from all over the region. | 17 | |
| 3424142018 | Gujarat | Powerful trading state in India located on the Malabar Coast. | 18 | |
| 3424198118 | Malabar Coast | West coast of the Indian subcontinent that housed many trading ports. | 19 | |
| 3424203472 | Calicut & Cambay | Trading cities on the Malabar Coast. | 20 | |
| 3424205804 | Malacca | Small village that rapidly expanded due to the fact that it was near many Southeast Asian trade routes. Located between Java and Siam. | 21 |
