Moglo Unit 2

Caravanserai

an inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans

Luxury goods on the Silk Road

Textiles, Porcelain, Silk, spices, cotton, dates, and coins.

What was manufactured more in china during silk roads?

Iron and Steel

Chinese women and silk production

Rural women were involved in every step of silk production.

Role of Silk

Showed Wealth and Elite men and women wanted it

chinese iron industry

Provided Government with 32,000 suits of armor and 16 million iron arrowheads per year

Stirrups

metal or leather loops that hang from a saddle and hold a rider's feet

Why was Buddhism appealing to Merchants

did not favor upper class, brought across trade routes

Monasteries

Provided convenient and cultural familiar places of rest and resupply for merchants

Longmen Caves

Illustrate the spread of Buddhism into China

Diseases spread by the silk roads.

Bubonic Plague, Measles, and Small Pox,

Black Death

Spread from China to Europe, and half the population died.

barter economy

moneyless economy that relies on trade or barter

paper money

Currency used because it was lighter than coins and was a middle ground currency for trade.

Fall of Feudalism

The Bubonic Plague, and the use of money.

Camel Saddles

Facilitated Trade

Mongols

A group of people that protected, and made sure the Silk Roads are safe.

Mongol Khanates

Regions held under control of Mongol Khans including Khanates of Chaghati, Golden Horde, the Great Khan and Ilkhanate of Persia.

Mongol alphabet

Uyghur Script

Pastoral People

people who stay on the move in search of new grazing lands for their livestock(Didn't stay in one place).

Pastoral nomads

groups of herders who move with their animals from place to place in search of pasture and water

Ghengis Khan

Mongol leader who led their conquest westward and who is renowned for his ability and his ruthlessness. 1209

Yuan Dynasty

Dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan, replaced the Song (1279

Khublai Khan

Grandson of Genghis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294

Batu

ruler of the golden horde; one of Chinggis Khan's grandsons; responsible for the invasion of Russia beginning in 1236.

Mongols and the Bubonic Plague

Would throw dead people that had the plague into cities, which would trap the people in the city, and ultimately kill most/all of them.

Khanate of the Golden Horde

The official name for the Mongolian empire over Russia. Kiev fell to the Mongols and then they controlled southern Russia for 200 years. The capitol of the area was in Sarai. Western most part of the Mongol Empire

Japan and the Mongols

Failed to conquer Japan in 1274 and 1281, helped China believe that they could beat the Mongols.

Mansa Musa

Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.

Goods in the Trans Saharan Routes

Salt, Slaves, Gold, Ivory, and etc.

Bantu Migrations

Facilitated transmission of iron technologies and agricultural techniques in Sub

3 major traverlers

Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Margery Kempe

Theravada Buddhism

Focused on spiritual growth thru silent meditation

Mahayana Buddhism

Focused on spiritual growth for all beings and on service, and flourished on the Silk Roads

Tibetan Buddhism

Focused on chanting

Zen Buddhism

a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition.

Buddhism in Korea and Vietnam

has a strong Zen monastic element

Angkor Wat

A temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu God, Vishnu.

Zheng He

An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa.

Bananas in Africa

Brought into Africa through the Indian Ocean Sea Lanes and spread all through Africa as the Bantus migrated. Provided extra nutrition in the diet and helped increase the population of Africa to 17 million

Islamic Green Revolution

time of increased food production, population growth, urbanization, and industrial development across Islam

Syncretism

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

Swahili

Bantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken in coastal regions of East Africa.

Ibn Battuta

(1304

Marco Polo

(1254

Effects of the Bubonic Plague

Ultimate demise of the Mongol empire 100 years after its creation, peasant revolts undermined serfdom and the feudal system

European Power

Europeans became the "new Mongols" in the Indian Ocean, connecting and facilitating trade in the 1450

Champa Rice

a quick