unit 2 networks of exchange Flashcards
1200-1450
Who revived the roads
the abbasids aka arab merchants
Caravans did what for trade
lessened robbery aka safer
This empire had the most significant impact on the silk road
mongols
Chinese rudder and junk
helped with sea route navigation and boat with multiple sails
Kashgar and Samarkland
checkpoints along the silk road
center of cultural exchange
Caravanserai
inns every 100 miles
Sytems of credit
instead of bartering
flying cash =deposit paper money and withdraw another amount at a different location
influenced banking houses
Genghis Khan
would assimilate the new technology of those they conquered
unified the empire using the Uyghur alphabet
Pax mongolica-mongolian peace
Golden Horde
Batu led the biggest mongolian army into russia
Kublai Khan
established Yuan Dynasty
What was the most important resaon for decline
white lotus society
zhu yuanzhang overthrew the yuan to establish the ming
Impacts of mongol rule
largest land empire in history
revitalized trade
bubonic plague
long expansion of what connected trade cities from east asia and southwest asia
islam
india became known for its
high quality fabrics
Malaysia an Indonesia became known as the
spice islands ex nutmeg cinnamon
East coast of africa was known for
slaves ivory and gold
china exported
silk
Indian ocean slave trade
more opportunities to develop communities and work alongside free laborers given some rights (marriage)
Oman
in india large influnece on the indian ocean slave trade
Monsoon winds
essential for knowing when to travel in the indian ocean
diasporic communities
Lateen sails
arab merchants used for indian ocean trade
Zheng He
transfer of knowledge and culture
meant to display the might of the ming dynasty his death resulted in the end of chinese travel and trade
trans saharan trade
oasis(habitable land)
trading gold salt and textiles
camels replaced horses
mali became rich due to
taxing all trade that entered
timbuktu and gao
mansua musa first african leader to pilgrimahe to mecca (islam) depeened devotion to islam and showed his wealth