500-1500 CE
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| 520393297 | American Web | Used to describe "network of trade" = exchange of luxury goods and ideas over large areas | |
| 520393298 | Black Death | A collection of epidemic diseases that swept Eurasia | |
| 520393299 | Borobudur | The Sailendras built the largest Buddhist monument that had a carving program = example of cultural exchange and syncretism | |
| 520393300 | Bubonic Plague | Fatal disease transmitted by fleas in the Mediterranean world. | |
| 520393301 | Ghana, Mali, Songhay | Important states in Western and Central Sudan that influenced economic opp in Trans-Saharan Trade | |
| 520393302 | Great Zimbabwe | Powerful African state that gained wealth by trading gold to the East African Coast | |
| 520393303 | Ibn Battuta | Famous Muslim who traveled Islamic world and wrote about what he saw | |
| 520393304 | Indian Ocean trading network | Largest Sea-based system of communication and exchange: From S. China to E. Africa Exchanged : luxury goods, bulk goods, ideas and crops | |
| 520393305 | Jie people | Nomadic people who controlled N. China; many converted to Buddhism | |
| 520393306 | Malaysians | Speakers of Austronesian languages = became traders in SE Asia and Madagascar | |
| 520393307 | Monsoons | "wind currents for trade" Blew East in the Summer, Blew West in the Winter | |
| 520393308 | Oasis cities of central Asia | Centers of Eurasian Trade : Merv, Samarkand, Khotan, Dunhuang | |
| 520393309 | Pochteca | Professional Merchants among Aztecs | |
| 520393310 | Sailendras | Kindgom in Central Java heavily influenced by Indian Culture | |
| 520393311 | Sand Roads | Routes of Trans-Saharan Trade in Africa | |
| 520393312 | Silk Roads | Land-based trade routes linked to Eurasia | |
| 520393313 | Srivjaya | Malay kingdom that was known for the creation of a native/Indian hybrid culture | |
| 520393314 | Sudan | "Land of Black People" A major exchange circuit in West Africa | |
| 520393315 | Swahili Civilization | E.African civilization with a blend of Bantu, Islamic and other Indian Ocean trade elements | |
| 520393316 | Third-wave civilization | Civilizations from 500-1500 CE & known for intensifying trade networks | |
| 520393317 | Trans-saharan slave trade | Small-scale trade - difficult to travel across desert Export of W.African slaves to Islamic N.Africa | |
| 520393318 | Venice | Italian city became major center of Mediterranean Trade | |
| 520393319 | Timur | Turkic Warriors who tried to restore Mongol Empire | |
| 520393320 | Triple Alliance | Launched the Aztec Empire by the 1428 agreement between Mexica & two other city-states | |
| 520393321 | Yongle | Chinese Emperor in Ming Dynasty who wanted to restore China by spreading awareness of superiority (thru fleets) to Asia and E. Africa | |
| 520393322 | Zheng He | Great Chinese Admiral - commanded a fleet, 300 ships on voyages from 1405. | |
| 523251432 | What lay behind the emergence of Silk Rd commerce and what kept it going for so many centuries? | controlled by pastoral peoples. When trading networks were protected on journeys. | |
| 523251433 | What made silk such a highly desired commodity across Eurasia? | China was being greedy and wouldnt share. | |
| 523251434 | What were the major economic, social and cultural consequences of Silk Rd commerce? | ... | |
| 523251435 | What accounted for the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Rd? | ... | |
| 523251436 | What was the impact of disease along the Silk Rd? | ... | |
| 523251437 | How did the operation of the Indian Ocean trading network differ from that of the Silk Rd? | ... | |
| 523251438 | What lay behind the flourishing of Indian Ocean commerce in the postclassical millennium? | ... | |
| 523251439 | What is the relationship between the rise of Srivjaya and the world of Indian Ocean commerce? | Dominated from 670-1025 in Indian Ocean Trade because had tons of gold, access to rare spices, resources, military. | |
| 523251440 | What was the role of Swahili civilization in the world of Indian Ocean commerce? | Merchant class developed -> hierarchy of classes began | |
| 523251441 | What changes did trans-saharan trade bring to West Africa? | became a major new international trade route that made new relationships among distant people (cause of camel owners and of the gold found in W.Africa) | |
| 523251442 | In what ways did networks of interaction in the Western Hemisphere differ from those in the Eastern Hemisphere? | East: silk, sea, sand roads (long-distance) West: little contact with other people nearby ( no horses..camels) mostly agricultural still, so no trade or connections/interactions. |
