Chapter 14 Key Term Flashcards
ES 374
Tropics
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
they were significant because these places fostered a different type of living then most people experienced and not only that but this shaped the PERSIAN ideas that game out of here
ES 374
monsoon
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.
Significant because these winds have shaped the way the people sailing these waters sail–>has made them stronger ones too. There also brings large amounts of rainfall every year that deposits on parts of India, Southeast Asia and China–> good cultivation
PERSIA 376
Delhi Sultanate
Centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders
Significant because built best irrigation and had a significant rule in india because they were different where they were “nicer’ rulers, made the rule for women better and had a balance of freedom and structures
PERSIA 378
Mali
Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the 13th century to 15th century
Significant big role in the trans-Saharan gold trade and used military techniques to control their kingdom, they destroyed Christianity in Nubia
PREIS 380
Mansa Kankan Musa
Ruler of Mali (r.1312-1337).
Significant because pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire’s reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world, made the value of gold go down for a while (in the places he passed through during pilgrimage)–> because he through gold around like it was nothing
AES 384
Gujarat
Region of western India, famous for trade and manufacturing; the inhabitants are called Gujaratis
Significant because they were very influence in the trading–> it was a major port–> helped spread PERSIAN ideas
IE 385
Dhows
characteristic cargo and passenger ships of the Arabian Sea
significant because they were the new “junks” of arabian sea because they were a new innovative style of navy–> helped with trade
ES 386
Swahili Coast
East Africa shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning “shores”
Significant because they were the big gold suppliers
ESP 388
Great Zimbabwe
city, now in ruins (in modern African country of Zimbabwe), whose many stone structures were built between ca.1250-1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state
Significant because they were big suppliers of gold-> this made them very successful and it brought them lots of wealth–> this made them a powerful city in Zimbabwe and the surrounding region
ES 388
Aden
Port city in the modern south Arabian country of Yemen.
Significant because it has been a major trading center in the Indian Ocean since ancient times, and the merchants brought all the goods into their (trade was their way of life)
ES 390
Malacca
Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded ca.1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca
Significant because it is the biggest trading spot–> every ship in the east needed to stop by there in order to travel anywhere, this made them very powerful, wealthy and succesful
I 391
Urdu
A Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language since the 1300s
Significant because it influence literary forms that are now written in Arabic
IS 391
Timbuktu
City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000.
Significant because it was part of the Mali Empire, major part of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning–> many had to spot by there when going along their travels through trade–> the new “alexandria”
SI 373
llb Battuta
Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan
Significant because his writings gives us information about the world then and it also gives us an idea to the way trade was carried out and gives us light into the exportation of things
