AP world chapter 3 terms

silk roads

The most famous networks of exchange linking eurasian landmass, transporting vast amounts of goods.

sea roads

Transoceantic trade routes along the Indian oceans. Provided home goods such as porcelain from china, spice from southern asia, and cotton goods from india, etc.

Srivijaya

A Buddhist bureaucratic empire that dominated the choke point of the Indian Ocean. Also had lots of gold and hard to get spices.

Angkor Wat

The largest religious structure in the premodern world, honoring Hinduism but later used by Buddhists. located in modern day cambodia

Great Zimbabwe

Located in southeastern Africa, a powerful state that was connected to trade of gold and wealth from the large amounts of cattle. 

Zheng He

The captain of ports in south east asia, indonesia, india, arabia, and east africa. His expeditions established power and prestige in the Indian ocean.

Sand Roads

Another important pattern of long distance trade reaching across the Sahara, North Africa, the Mediterranean, and West Africa. Commercial networks enriching West African civilization. 

Ghana

One of the West African Islamic kingdoms that was ruled by a very wealthy king who had lots of treasures and gold.

Mali

Another West African Islamic kingdom known for monopolizing the import of strategic goods like horses and levying duties on salt and copper.

Trans-Saharan slave trade

Between 1100 and 1400 about 5500 slaves were forced to travel across the desert and worth in the homes of wealthy Islamic North African people.

Timbuktu

A major trading city in Mali with lots of teachers, books, and rich merchants.

American Web

A network of trade and culture spreading maize and trade. Stretching from North American Great Lakes to Upper Mississippi and Andes Mountains, and then down to south america as well.

Chaco Phenomenon

A major cultural and economic growth in the American southwest in what is now northwestern new mexico