AP World History; 2.5 Vocabulary (copy)

Ibn Battuta

Arab Scholar, Merchant public official and traveler who discovered Arab Muslim societies in East Africa, Swahili Civilization

Margery Kempe

Medieval mystic and author of the first autobiography in English, The Book of Margery Kempe, earliest known autobiography in English

Hangzhou

Capital during the Song Dynasty; Great and luxurious place, had specialized markets , luxurious inns, prostitutes, and more — represented the prosperity of China during the Song Dynasty

Samarkand

City in east-central Uzbekistan that is one of the oldest cities of Central Asia

Kashgar

Located between China and the Mediterranean; supplying merchants with food and water and acted as a central place for Islamic teachings.

Constantinople

When the Ottoman Turks took the city, it symbolized the rise of Islam and the fall of the center of Christianity, making the Ottoman Empire the most powerful in all of South Eastern Europe and marking the end of the Eastern Roman Empire.