AP World History Vocab 64 Flashcards
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11221528661 | one of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western Europe from the eighth through the tenth century. | Vikings | ![]() | 0 |
11221663019 | venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade. | Marco Polo | ![]() | 1 |
11221679644 | 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 | Ibn Battuta | ![]() | 2 |
11221687833 | Muslim historian. He developed an influential theory on the rise and fall of states and wrote a definitive history of Muslim North Africa | Ibn Khaldun | ![]() | 3 |
11221700122 | admiral and diplomat who helped extend the maritime and commercial influence of China throughout the regions bordering the Indian Ocean. Helped extend China's political sway over maritime Asia | Zheng He | ![]() | 4 |