AP World History Vocab Chapter 13 Flashcards
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250307224 | ibn Battuta | A young Muslim scholar from Morocco who had set out to the Islamic world. | 0 | |
250307225 | tropics | Equatorial region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. It is characterized by generally warm or hot temperatures year-round, though much variation exists due to altitude and other factors. | 1 | |
250307226 | monsoon | Rainy and dry seasons due to alternating winds in Southeastern Asia. | 2 | |
250307227 | Delhi Sultanate | Centralized Indian empire of varying extent created by Muslim invaders. | 3 | |
250307228 | Mali | Empire in West Africa founded by an indigenous African dynasty that had earlier adopted Islam through the peaceful influence of Muslim merchants and scholars. | 4 | |
250307229 | Mansa Kankan Musa | Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world. | 5 | |
250307230 | Gujarat | Region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing; the inhabitants are called Gujarati. Captured by Ala-ud-din's forces in 1298. | 6 | |
250307231 | dhow | Characteristic cargo and passenger ship of the Arabian Sea. | 7 | |
250307232 | Swahili Coast | East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.' | 8 | |
250307233 | Great Zimbabwe | City, now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe), whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state. | 9 | |
250307234 | Aden | Port city in the modern south Arabian country of Yemen. It has been a major trading center in the Indian Ocean since ancient times. Monsoon winds brought enough rainfall to supply drinking water to a large population and to grow grain for export. | 10 | |
250307235 | Malacca | Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca. Also spelled Melaka. | 11 | |
250307236 | Urdu | A Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters. | 12 | |
250307237 | Timbuktu | City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, Timbuktu became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning. | 13 |