Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200-1500 Flashcards

Adapted from "The Earth and its Peoples: A Global History," 5th ed., Chapter 13

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