Unit 2 (1200 - 1450) Flashcards

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Growth in Trade

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  • geographical expansion
  • technological innovation
  • rise and fall of empires
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Silk Road

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  • Luxury goods
  • increased demand led to increased production
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Silk Road Innovation

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  • Caravanserai
  • Paper money
  • Credit
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Caravanserai

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Houses along the Silk Road that provided safety for traveling merchants
- led to cultural and technological synthesis

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Flying Money System

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Developed in China
- the use of paper money allowed travelers to travel more efficiently without carrying metal money

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Kasangar

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Powerful city that emerged over the Silk Road
- by a river
- appealing stop for many merchants

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Indian Ocean Trade

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Traded mostly spices and textiles
- could carry more cargo than Silk Roads
- Depended on reading the monsoon winds

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Indian Ocean Trade Innovation

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  • Magnetic Compass
  • Astrolabe
  • New Ship designs
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Magnetic Compass

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Better navigation across the ocean

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Astrolabe

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Allowed the measurement of latitude and longitude

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Junk Ships

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developed in China to hold large amount of cargo

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Effects of Indian Ocean Trade Expansion

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  1. Growth of States
  2. Diasporic Communities
  3. New Languages
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Diasporic community

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ethnic population not in their homeland
Ex: Arabs and Persians in East Africa

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Swahili

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New language that emerged due to Indian Ocean trade
- Mix of Arabic and Bantu

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Swahili States

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Became very wealthy along Indian Ocean trade due to easy connection point between mainland Africa and merchants
- Became Islamic to connect to Dar-al-salam trading world

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16
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Zheng He

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  • Sent by the Ming Dynasty and led to cultural transfers
    Ex: increased new ship designs were spread
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Trans Saharan Trade Innovation

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Camel Saddle

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Camel Saddle

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Allowed the movement of more cargo across the desert at a time

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Empire of Mali

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  • Converted to Islam
  • Rich with gold
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Mansa Musa

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  • Led Empire of Mali
  • Connected with the north and increased trade and spread Islam
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Cultural impacts of trade expansion

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  • Religion transfer
  • Literary and artistic transfers
  • scientific innovation
  • rise and fall of cities
  • travelers writing about their journeys
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Religion transfer

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Buddhism –> entered China via the Silk Roads

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Literary transfer

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Translation and adaptation of greek texts into Arabic
- by Islamic scholars in Baghdad

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Gunpowder

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Spread to Europe and West Asia by the Mongols

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Ibn Battuta

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Muslim scholar from Morocco
- wrote about extensive travel which increased trade

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Mongol Empire

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  • largest land based empire ever
  • network of trade increased significantly due to overall safety
  • facilitated scientific and cultural transfers
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Uyghur Script

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Mongols adopted from conquered Turkic empire
- Became language of policy and exchange