Unit 2 Vocab

Astrolabe

  • Tool used for astronomical measurements, important for navigation.

Effect of Persian and Arab Diasporic Communities in Eastern Africa

  • Influenced culture, trade, and religion.

Causes of Pax Mongolica

  • Mongol conquests created stability and safe trade routes across Eurasia.

Cross-Cultural Exchange

  • Increased due to safer travel and trade during Pax Mongolica.

Ming Admiral Zheng He

  • Led large-scale voyages, demonstrating China's power and promoting trade.

Camel Saddle

  • Increased the efficiency of desert trade.

Dhow

  • Sailing vessel used in the Indian Ocean, facilitating trade.

Causation for the Spread of Hinduism and Buddhism to Southeast Asia

  • Trade networks and monastic missionaries.

Causation for the Diffusion of Gunpowder from China

  • Spread through trade and conquest.

Ibn Battuta

  • Muslim traveler who documented his journeys across the Islamic world.

Mali Kingdom

  • West African kingdom famous for its wealth and Mansa Musa's pilgrimage.

Example of Crop Diffusion Pre- c. 1450

  • Bananas in Africa.

Samarkand

  • Major city on the Silk Road, center of trade and culture.

Trans-Saharan Trade Network Goods

  • Gold, salt, textiles, and slaves.

Positive / Negative of Song Paper Money

  • Positive: Facilitated trade.

  • Negative: Inflation.

Asian Luxury Good

  • Silk, porcelain, spices.

Bill of Exchange

  • Early form of credit, facilitating long-distance trade.

Relay Trade

  • Goods passed through multiple intermediaries along trade routes.

Khanate

  • Political entity ruled by a Khan, especially in the Mongol Empire.

Impact of Hajj on Caravanserai

  • Supported development of roadside inns/stations for pilgrims.

Cross Cultural Exchange

  • Intensified due to increased interaction during religious pilgrimages like Hajj.

Calicut

  • Major port city in India, important in Indian Ocean trade.

Song Metallurgy

  • Advanced iron production.

Monsoon Winds

  • Seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean that facilitated trade.

Pastoralism

  • Nomadic herding, important in Central Asia.

Transfer of Medical and Mathematical Systems to Medieval Western Europe

  • Through Islamic scholarship in Spain and trade.

Impact of Pax Mongolica + Hajj on Cross Cultural Exchange

  • Increased cultural and technological exchange across Eurasia.

Malakka

  • Key trading port in Southeast Asia.

Steppe

  • Grassland plains in Central Asia, home to nomadic peoples.

Tribute System in China

  • Foreign states paid tribute to acknowledge China's supremacy.

Lateen Sail

  • Triangular sail that allowed ships to sail against the wind.