Chapter 13 Flashcards

247028263	Ibn Battuta	Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.	0
247028264	Tropics	Region of the Earth between the tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.	1
247028265	Monsoon	Seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean that allowed for easy long distance trade in and around the Indian Ocean.	2
247028266	Dehli Sultanate	Centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders.	3
247028267	Mali	Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.	4
247028268	Mansa Kankan Musa	Ruler of Mali (1312-1337). His pilgrimage through Egypt to mecca in 1324-25 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.	5
247028269	Gujarat	Region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing; the inhabitants are called Gujaratis.	6
247028270	Dhows	Characteristic cargo and passenger ships of the Arabian Sea.	7
247028271	Swahili Coast	East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic swahili meaning, "shores"	8
247028272	Great Zimbabwe	City, now in ruins whose stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.	9
247028273	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.	10
247028274	Malacca	Port city in modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca.	11
247028275	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 terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of learning.	12
247028276	Urdu	A Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language since the 1300's.	13