apwh unit two

network of roads that helped trade and spread of culture/ideas across Eurasia (1200-1450)

chinese silk (luxury goods in general)

innovations in commercial practices

development of money economies (paper $$), use of credit (flying money), rise of banks (bill of exchange)

1) caravanserai

2) saddles

series of guest houses on frequented travelers routes

1) provided safety from plunderers

2) centers of cultural diffusion

made riding easier over long distances

city on eastern edge of China

built around a river

center for Islamic scholarship

city in central asia

increased demand for luxury goods (led to more production of goods)

scaling back on food production (hurt population!)

producing more goods than a population could consume, later sold in distant markets

bubonic plague

mongol leader

traveling people

northern china, central asia, southern russia

1) military organization (10,000 to 1,000 to 100 and so on)

2) weaponry (large bow & arrow)

3) good horse riders

destruction of baghdad

mongol peace

khanates (military regions)

set up yuan dynasty in china, mandate of heaven bc of uniting people

rightful ruler

confucian style

mongols

1) improved infrastructure (built bridges, repaired roads)

2) increased communication (Persians and Chinese worked together., YAM SYSTEM)

series of communication and relay stations

intellectuals and artisans

1) medical knowledge (Greek + islamic scholars to western europe)

2) adaptation of Uyghur script (taken from central Asia)

network of sea routes connecting states through afro-eurasia through trade

1) mongol empire collapse

2) commercial practices (money economies + credit helped trade)

3) transportation technologies (compass + astrolable + lateen sail + shipbuilding improvement, monsoon wind knowledge)

4) spread of Islam

Chinese ship carrying lots of cargo

arab tool for carrying cargo

cotton textiles, grains, luxury goods

1) growth of powerful trading cities (Swahili, Malacca, Gujarat)

2) diasporas

3) cultural and technological transfers

capital city of sultanate of Malacca, controlled strait of Malacca

city in India, traded lots and taxed ships

group of people from one place establishing a home in another place while keeping their culture

chinese communities, Arab + Persian communities in east africa

ming dynasty dude who explored Indian ocean + enroll states in tributary states

trade routes connecting North Africa and Mediterranean world with West Africa and sub Saharan africa

1) transportation technologies

2) saddles

3) caravanserai

gold, kola nuts (caffeine!), horses, salt

being islamic + participating in trans Saharan trade + taxing

rich african Muslim boy

east asia

explained in daoism terms » birthed chan buddhism

zen buddhism

europe

islamic empires and european

one of Chinas most significant trading cities

Muslim scholar who traveled dar-al islam and wrote abt

traveled indian ocean, wrote about court of Kublai Khan and china’s wealth

christian mystic who visited christian holy sites (illiterate). showed how Christianity practiced worldwide

1) bananas introduced to africa (more food = population growth!, Bantus moved bc of goodness!!)

2) champa rice (population growth!!)

3) citrus fruits (Muslim traders » europe)