chapter 14 Flashcards
tropics
EPS
368
equatorial region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. It is characterized by generally warm or hot temperatures year-round, though much variation exists due to altitude and other factors. Temperature zones north and south of the tropics generally have a winter season.
S: influenced civilizations within.
monsoon
ES
368
seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by the differences in temperature between the rapidly heating and cooling landmasses of Africa and Asia and the slowly changing ocean waters.
S: These strong and predictable winds have long been ridden across the open sea by sailors, and the large amounts of rainfall that they deposit on parts of India, Southeast Asia and China allow for the cultivation of several crops a year.
Delhi Sultanate
PERSIA
370
Centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders.
S: built & controlled largest irrigation systems.
Mali
PERSIA
372
Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the 13th century to 15th century.
S: It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.
Mansa Kankan Musa
PREIS
372
Ruler of Mali (r.1312-1337).
S: His pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire’s reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.
Gujarat (IMP)
AES
374
Region of western India
S: famous for trade and manufacturing; the inhabitants are called Gujaratis.
Dhows
IE
378
characteristic cargo and passenger ships of the Arabian Sea.
S: major form of transportation of cargo
Swahili Coast
ES
380
East Africa shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahili, meaning “shores.”
s: supplied gold from inland areas of eastern Africa.
Great Zimbabwe
ESP
382
city, now in ruins (in modern African country of Zimbabwe)
S: whose many stone structures were built between ca.1250-1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.
Aden
ES
382
Port city in the modern south Arabian country of Yemen.
S: It has been a major trading center in the Indian Ocean since ancient times.
Malacca
Es
384
Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded ca.1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca.
S: Controls strait of malacca.
Urudu
RS
385
A Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language since the 1300s.
S: literary language used to write many Hindu texts.
Timbuktu
IS
385
City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000.
S: As part of the Mali Empire, Timbuktu became a major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning.
Ibn BATTUTA
367
Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote detailed acounts of the lands he visited
gives us historic background as well as a new presepective on histories
