13873937 | Tropics | Lines that circle the Earth; warm year round | 0 | |
13873938 | Importance of tropics | creates own cycle of rainy and dry seasons | 1 | |
13873939 | Monsoons | Alternating winds; very predictable | 2 | |
13873940 | Ibn Battuta | Traveler | 3 | |
13873941 | Importance of Ibn Battuta | Traveled farther than anyone else | 4 | |
13873942 | Delhi Sultanate | Delhi of northern India | 5 | |
13873943 | Mali | Adopted Islam; depended heavily on trans-Saharan trade | 6 | |
13873944 | Mansa Kankan Musa | massively rich ruler of Mali | 7 | |
13873945 | Importance of Mansa Musa | depleted value of gold in Egypt | 8 | |
13873946 | Gujarat | rich trading state | 9 | |
13873947 | Dhow | Cargo and passenger ship of the Arabian sea | 10 | |
13873948 | Importance of dhows | used monsoon winds to travel | 11 | |
13873949 | Swahili Coast | Supplied god from inland areas of eastern Africa | 12 | |
13873950 | Importance of Swahili coast | Important trading center | 13 | |
13873951 | Great Zimbabwe | Capital of powerful state south of Zambezi river | 14 | |
13873952 | Importance of Great Zimbabwe | Huge city with large, thick walls | 15 | |
13873953 | Aden | Trade city with favorable monsoon winds | 16 | |
13873954 | Malacca | Dominated the narrowest part of the Strait of Malacca | 17 | |
13873955 | Urdu | Persian influenced literary for of Hindi written in Arabic characteristics | 18 | |
13873956 | Timbuktu | Housed several Quaranic schools and huge library | 19 |
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