AP world vocab 2 Flashcards
The Silk Road
The most famous network of roads which connected various people and civilizations of the Eurasian landmass. The silk roads prospered the most when large and powerful states provided relative security for merchants and travelers across long distances. Silk Road trade flourished again during the 7th and 8th centuries CE as the Byzantine Empire, the Muslim Abbasid dynasty, and tang dynasty China created an almost continuous belt of strong states across Eurasia.
Three types of innovations lead to growth in trade on the Silk Road
compass, gunpowder, paper printing
Mongol Khanates
Mongol split into 4 khanates. The Golden Hordes in the Northeast, Yuan Dynasty or Great Khanate in China, Ilkhanate in the Southeast/Persia, and the Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia.
Three inventions that increase the Indian Ocean trade
compass, astrolabe, larger ship designs
diasporic communities
In key places along important trade routes, merchants set up diasporic communities where they introduced their own cultural traditions into the indigenous cultures and in turn indigenous cultures influences merchant cultures.
Zheng He
A Ming Admiral who was also a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during Chinas early ming dynasty. He was originally born as Ma He in Muslim family and later adopted the surname Zheng conferred by the Yongle Emperor.
Monsoon Winds
The expansion and intensification of long distance trade routes often depended on environmental knowledge. Including advanced knowledge of the monsoon winds.
Mali
A prominent state within West African civilization; it was established in 1235 CE and flourished for several centuries. Mali monopolized the import of horses and metals as part of the trans-Saharan trade; it was a large scale producer of gold; and its most famous ruler Mansa Musa, led a large group of Muslims on the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324-1325
two improvements in existing technology that increased trans-Saharan trade
camel, saddle, and caravans
Ibn Battuta
A widely traveled Arab scholar, merchant, and public official who founded altogether Muslim societies in which religious leaders often spoke Arabic.
Marco Polo
A famous traveler who is known for his book The Travels of Marco Polo which described his voyage to and experiences in Asia. Polo traveled extensively with his family journeying from Europe to Asia from 1271-1295 and remaining in China for 17 of those years.
Bubonic plague
A plague caused by a bite of an infected flea, it hit the world in 3 waves and killed millions of people especially in Europe. The first wave was called the Black Death in Europe and happened during 1347-1351. The second wave was in the 1500s.
diffusion of crops
Crops moved to different places (example: Champa Rice) and the Bubonic Plague spread.
mongol cultural transfer
the interregional contact between states and empires encouraged significant technological and cultural transfers
