AP World History: Cross-Cultural Connections

List four places Ibn Battuta went and a fact that you know about each (Pt 1):

Mecca: the place where muslims make pilgrimage once in their lifetime if they are able to.

Constantinople: suffered major population loss from the Black Death.

List four places Ibn Battuta went and a fact you know about each (Pt 2):

Delhi: A place where a series of Muslim dynasties ruled.

Anatolia: Place where the Byzantine Empire declined, and the Ottoman turks took over. 

What were three important motives for travel during this time?

Trade, Diplomacy, and missionary activity.

What three important trade routes are mentioned at the bottom of page 448?

Silk Road, Trans-Saharan caravan routes, sea lanes of the Indian Ocean.

Offer two facts about Melaka & also its modern day country.

It is in modern day Malaysia.

1. Founded in the 1390’s

2. They welcomed all merchants and levied reasonable fees.

Describe two major ways the mongols affected economics. 

1. They destroyed cities and irrigation systems to fall into risrepair. 

2. They laid the political foundation for a surge in Long distance trade along the silk roads.

List four specific facts about Maco Polo’s journeys (Pt 1):

1. Khubilai allowed Marco to pursue his merchanting interests in china.

2. After his return from china- he was made a prisoner of war.

List four specific facts about Maco Polo’s journeys (Pt 2):

3. collabrated closely with Italian merchants- while in china.

4. Marcos stories deeply influenced European readers.

Offer two facts about sufis:

Sufis in the period 1000 to 1500 ventured to recently conquered or converted lands and sought to win a popular following. 

Sufis spread islamic values without facing resistance. 

Were Western European Christian missionaries catholic or protestant during the years 1200-1450.

during the years 1200-1450, they were catholic since protestantism had not arisen.

offer two facts about the renaissance specifically from page 465:

1. Renaissance art and thought also reflected increasing European participation in the affairs of the eastern hemisphere.

2. princes and wealthy patrons commissioned hundreds of these paintings that bought a cosmopatilan look to places.

offer six facts about Zheng He from pages 466-467 (Pt 1):

1. he was a muslim from Yunnan in southwestern china.

2. he generally sought to attain his goals through diplomacy. 

3. him and his companions payed respects to local deities and cultures they encountered. 

offer six facts about Zheng He from pages 466-467 (Pt 2):

4. he ruthlessly suppressed pirates who had long plagued Chinese and southeast asian waters.

5. after his seventh voyage, his expeditions had ended.

6. his voyages demonstrated that china could have significant influence in the Indian Ocean basin.