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| 5303934895 | Angkor Watt | A Hindu temple complex that was build by the powerful Angkor kingdom. It sought to express the Hindu understanding of the cosmos The largest religious structure in the premodern world. | 0 | |
| 5303935822 | Arabian Camel | The Arabian camel transformed trade along the silk roads. It made long distances and heavy loads possible. The Arabian camel revolutionized trade. | 1 | |
| 5303935823 | Black Death | The constant trade facilitated the spread of the black death/bubonic plague from China to Europe. Half of the European population died. Massive turning point in human history --> lost 1/2 of Europe population. | 2 | |
| 5303935824 | Borobudar | The largest Buddhist monument in the world that was created by The Sailendra Kingdom in Central Java (SE Asia). It is an example of a distinctly SE Asian take on Buddhism--> the architecture is distinctly Javanese. Represents Buddhism being culturally grounded in a new place. | 3 | |
| 5303937106 | Diasporic Communities | In key places along important trade routes, merchants set up diasporic communities to spread their own traditions into the indigenous culture. An example is the Sogdians. Disaporic Communities played an influencial role in the diffusion of culture. | 4 | |
| 5303937107 | Elephant Bird | A bird that went extinct when Malay people began to inhabit Madagascar. Shows human environmental interaction. | 5 | |
| 5303938775 | Ghana, Mali, Songhay | The order of kingdoms in subsaharan West Africa between the 6th and 13th centuries. There was plentiful gold and Islam was practiced. Example of commerce and state building. | 6 | |
| 5303938776 | Indianization | The spread of Indian culture in SE Asia. They adapted Indian ideas and make them their own. They used both Hinduism and Buddhism. While SE Asia was Indianized, it still kept many of its values: importance of women, patrilineal and matrilineal descent (rather than just patrilineal). | 7 | |
| 5303938777 | Monsoon Seasons | Sailers in Indian Ocean trade could count on the Monsoon seasons and their subsequent wind, to carry them to their destination. Learning how monsoons function was integral to sea trade. | 8 | |
| 5303939566 | Pochteca | Professional merchants of the Aztec empire. Evidence that shows that Mesoamerica was indeed connected by commerce, and not isolated. | 9 | |
| 5303939567 | Sand Roads | Sand roads were the trade routes along the Sahara. They were traveled by camels. Sand roads linked North Africa and the Mediterranean with people of West Africa. Large pattern of the 3rd period! | 10 | |
| 5303939568 | Silk Roads | Roads in which silk was traded. Silk originated in China but quickly became a wanted commodity. As a result, different goods and ideas were exchanged. Revolutionized the world's global interactions. Turning point in world history. | 11 | |
| 5303939569 | Sogdians | Central Asian people whose merchants established an enduring network of exchange with China. They practiced several different religions (Buddhism, Zoroastrianism etc) Sogdians were central to translating sanskrit to Chinese. | 12 | |
| 5303940412 | Srivijaya | A kingdom in Southeast Asia founded by Malay sailors. It was incredibly wealthy and it was home to valuable resources. Illustrates a connection between commerce and state building. | 13 | |
| 5303940413 | Swahili city-states | Politically independent city states that rose up as a result of African trade and the new merchant class. Rose as an opportunity for wealth and power--> commercial centers. Class stratification, spoke Swahili but wrote in Arab script, practiced and adapted Islam (written about by Ibn Battuta). Another example of commerce and state building. | 14 | |
| 5303941388 | Trans-Saharan slave trade | Slaves were mostly used in West African, but an economy for slaves did emerge. Slaves came from non Islamic and stateless societies. Most slaves were put to work in Islamic North Africa. | 15 | |
| 5303941389 | Vikings | Scandinavian people raided and conquered much of the world. Thorfinn Karlsefni is a famous viking. Prelude to Columbus. They explored America with their special ships before anyone. | 16 |
