Adapted from "The Earth and its Peoples: A Global History," 5th ed., Chapter 13
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| 292014727 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, widely traveled individual of his time | 0 | |
| 292014728 | tropics | equatorial region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Characterized by generally warm or hot temperatures year-round, though much variation exists due to altitude and other factors | 1 | |
| 292014729 | monsoon | seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by the differences in temperature between the rapidly heating and cooling land-masses of Africa and Asia and the slowly changing ocean waters | 2 | |
| 292014730 | Delhi Sultanate | centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders | 3 | |
| 292014731 | Mali | empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from 13th-15th century. Famous for role in trans-Saharan gold trade | 4 | |
| 292014732 | Mansa Kankan Musa | ruler of Mali, 1312-1337. His pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 reestablished the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world | 5 | |
| 292014733 | Gujarat | region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing; the inhabitants are called Gujaratis | 6 | |
| 292014734 | dhows | characteristic cargo and passenger ships of the Arabian Sea | 7 | |
| 292014735 | Swahili Coast | East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from Arabic "sawahil" (shores) | 8 | |
| 292014736 | Great Zimbabwe | city, now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe) whose many stone structures were built btwn. 1250-1450, when it was the trading center for the capital of a large state | 9 | |
| 292014737 | Aden | port city in the modern south Arabian country of Yemen. Major trading center in Indian Ocean since ancient times | 10 | |
| 292014738 | Malacca | port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded in about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca | 11 | |
| 292014739 | Urdu | a Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters; used as literary language since 1300s | 12 | |
| 292014740 | Timbuktu | city on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali | 13 |
