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Silk Roads
System of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along with traders carried silk and other luxury trade goods; known for spreading religions such as Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam as well as technological transfers and diseases like the bubonic plague
Indian Ocean trade
connected Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China; world’s richest maritime trading network in the 13th and 14th centuries- spread of goods, technology, and religions like Islam and Buddhism
trans-Saharan trade
trade routes across the Sahara desert: facilitated the spread of Islam and linked West Africa to Mecca for participation in the hajj
magnetic compass
Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north; use spread through trade networks like Silk Roads and Indian Ocean trade
rudder
steering device, usually a vertical blade attached to a post at, or near, the stern of the boat; improved sea trade
junk ship
large flat-bottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel and participation in the tribute system
Kashgar
central Asian city where western and the eastern Silk Roads met; one of the westernmost cities of China
Samarkand
During the rule of Timur Lane was the most influential capital city, a wealthy trading center known for decorated mosques and tombs; key trading city along the Silk Roads
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