Ap world history period 3.Chapter 14 Flashcards

11791007061	tropics	regions close to the equator	0
11791007062	Ibn Battuta	(1304-1369) Morrocan 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. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period.	1
11791007063	Monsoon	Major winds in the Indian Ocean that blew into India for half the year, and blew away from India for the other half. Helped facilitate trade in the Indian Ocean.	2
11791007064	Delhi Sultanate	The first Islamic government established within India from 1206-1520. Controled a small area of northern India and was centered in Delhi.	3
11791007065	Mali	Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.	4
11791007066	Mansa Musa	Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.	5
11791007067	Gujarat	Region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing.	6
11791007068	Swahili Coast	East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.'	7
11791007069	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.	8
11791007070	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.	9
11791007071	Malacca	Flourishing trading city in Malaya; established a trading empire after the fall of Shrivijaya.	10
11791007072	Urdu	A Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language since the 1300s.	11
11791007073	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.	12