Unit 2 (1200-1450) Flashcards
(25 cards)
Silk Roads
Traded mainly luxury items like porcelain, silk, and spices; connected Asia/Europe
Outer vs. Inner Asia
Outer Asia had warmer weather and sold agriculture/manufactured goods while Inner Asia was colder and therefore traded furs, livestock, wool, and amber
Bills of Exchange
Loans; travellers could take one out at one banking house and exchange it at another for banking
Caravanserais
Inns where merchants could rest and exchange their animals such as camels, which were used because they could go farther without water (led to new camel saddles to carry more)
Kashgar
A city between an intersection of trade routes were merchants traded and resupplied
Samarkand
A center of cultural exchange between Christianity, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism
Genghis Khan
A leader of the Mongols that united tribes and used siege warfare to conquer more land. The Mongols protected trade routes and promoted religious tolerance
Pax Mongolica
“Mongol Peace”; a period of time that spread technology (paper making/gunpowder), culture, and disease (bubonic plague) across Eurasia
What caused Europeans to search for a sea-based trade route to Asia?
The disruption of Mongol trade routes and a desire to avoid Muslim controlled land
Lateen Sails
Triangular-shaped sails that allowed sailors to catch wind on either sides
Chinese Junk
A larger ship was a big hull to carry more cargo
Monsoon Winds
Knowledge of the environment that allowed sailors to predict which way the wind was blowing depending on the season
Astrolabe
A device that uses the stars to help one find their location
Stern Rudders
Technology that gave ships greater mobility
Malacca
A Muslim city state that grew wealthy by building a navy and taxing trade
Diasporic Communities
Small ethnic populations in a foreign land
Indianization
The spread of Indian culture/Hinduism to SE Asia through trade
Zheng He
A Chinese voyager who traveled around the Indian Ocean for the Chinese king to demonstrate their power and collect tributes. He brought back foreign animals like giraffes, increasing Chinese interest in the rest of the world
North v. Saharan Africa
North Africa trade clothe, glassware, and weapons while Saharan Afr. traded salt, copper, and gold
Mali
Ruled by Sundiata who established good trade relations through shared religion and taxed the gold trade to grow wealthy
Mansa Musa
A relative of Sundiata and kind of Mali who took a pilgrimage to Mecca, on the way sharing his wealth and using it to build mosques and schools
Khmer Empire
Most successful SE Asian kingdom because it adopted Hinduism and Buddhism
Marco Polo
An Italian merchant who wrote about his time in the courts of Kublai Khan in China which increased European interest in Asia
Ibn Battuta
A young Muslim scholar who traveled throughout North Afr. and the ME
