WH: Unit 2 Vocab

Silk Roads

Silk Roads

linked societies by land

Trans-Saharan Trade Network

A route that provided increased access to gold, salt, and ivory.

Indian Ocean Trade Network

linked societies by sea; stretched from China to East Africa

compass

an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.

-from china

Chinese Junk ship

A Chinese maritime innovation that allowed for the transport of heavy, bulk goods.

Mongol Empire

an empire founded in the 12th century by Genghis Khan

-song dynasty, russian city states, Islamic caliphate, and Persia

-religious tolerant

Caravanserai

-the truck stops of the silk road

Pax Mongolica

A state-sponsored promotion of peace, stability, and international cooperation along the Silk Road routes

Swahili city-states

Independent, largely Muslim locations that promoted trade along Africa’s Eastern coast.

Monsoon Winds

winds used and understood using the Indian Ocean Trade Network for trade

Lateen sails

a triangular sail created by Arab sailors that can easily catch winds coming from multiple directions

Astrolabe

A navigational instrument that relies upon locating celestial bodies and stars.

Zheng He

Voyager whose travels had the effect of extending China’s political sway over maritime Asia.

Diaspora

A dispersion of people from their homeland

Mansa Musa

A king famous for building the wealth, culture, and Islamic faith in West Africa.

Bubonic Plague

Deadliest disease outbreak in history, killing approximately one third of Europe.

Kashgar

An Oasis City along the Silk Road.

Genghis Khan

unified the mongols, the Great Khan

Yuan Dynasty

Mongol-led imperial state of China, led by Kublai Khan.

Golden Horde

Northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire, led by Batu Khan.

Il-Khanate

Mongol empire that ruled over Iran (Persia) & the Middle East—> western asia

Marco Polo

Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.

Syncretism

a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith

Chagatai Khanate

• a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan, second son of Genghis Khan, and his descendants and successors.

Ibn Battuta

Voyager whose writings demonstrated the Islamic syncretism