unit 2 terms

silk roads

trading route bringing luxury goods from Asia to Europe

crusades

series of military campaign by European Christians

mongol empire

controlled most of Asia and protected the silk road

magnetic compass-rudder-junk

modern inventions promoting trade by sea in the Indian Ocean Trade Network

kashgar

biggest western city on Silk Road

lateen sail

triangle sail developed in the Indian Ocean Trade Network

Indian Ocean

divided as area where trading is around connecting Africa to Southeast Asia

Calicut

huge trading center on West coast of India

Indian Ocean Slave Trade

trading slaves and African customs

Muslim and Chinese merchants

significant traders of Indian Ocean Trade Network

Spice Islands

modern day Malaysia and Indonesia where spices/clothes were exported

Caravanserai

station where people/animals can rest

flying cash

system to use paper money along Silk Roads

Genghis Khan

leader of Mongol Empire

siege weapons

devices designed to attack walled cities

Golden Horde

describes Mongols that were influenced into modern-day Russia

Yuan Dynasty

dynasty ruled by the Mongols

White Lotus Society

organization that kicked the Mongols out of China

Ming Dynasty

dynasty after the Yuan Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.)

Mongol women

has a more independent life

monsoon winds

large annual winds across Indian oceans

Muslim traditions

traders spread trade through marriage

Swahili city-states

little towns created on coast of Africa due to Indian Ocean Trade Network

Zheng He

Muslim admiral that sail fleets from China

Trans-Saharan trade routes

traded gold, ivory, and salt using camels

Mali

considered most powerful trading society in Africa

Timbuktu

largest city in Mali

Sundiata

founding ruler of Mali kingdom

Songhai Kingdom

takes power after Mali Kingdom fades

Mansa Musa

brought fame/fortune to Mali Kingdom

diffused by trade

religion/culture is spread by traders

Japan and Korea

influenced by China where Confucianism and Buddhism spread

Khmer Empire

Hindus and Buddhists lived together

Swahili

Bantu/Arabic language

Constantinople

Christian city developed into thriving port (modern-day Istanbul)

Ibn Battuta

Muslim scholar/traveler who wrote about his journeys

Margery Kempe

English traveler who wrote about Jerusalem

champa rice

quick-maturing rice that increased population

environmental degradation

when an increase of population puts pressure on natural resources

trading networks

carried goods, knowledge, and plague