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chapter 3
trade routes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| SILK ROAD | Trade routes that connected China and the Middle East across Central Asia. Commodities along the Silk Road included silk, porcelain, etc. |
| SAMARKAND | an oasis town along the silk roads in central Asia |
| Indian Ocean Trade Network | Sea-based exchange routes that connected Africa, the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia. Commodities include spices, cotton, etc. |
| Astrolabe | An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets |
| Srivijaya | A maritime empire that held the Strait of Malacca; also became center of Buddhism |
| City-states of Swahili Coast | An East African civilization that emerged in the eighth century C.E. from a blending of Bantu, Islamic, and other Indian Ocean trade elements. |
| Camel Saddle | Seat which gives camel riders more stability on the animal; its invention traveled along the Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade Route. |
| Camel Caravan | Used to travel across deserts in Trans-Saharan trade and Silk Road |
| Monsoon winds | Seasonal winds, which carried ships on the Indian Ocean between India and Africa |
| Trans-Saharan Trade | Trade route between peoples north and south of the Sahara trade route that traded for gold and salt |
| Paper money | Legal currency issued on paper; it developed in China as a convenient alternative to metal coins |
| Great Zimbabwe | A powerful state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African coast (flourished between 1250 and 1350 C.E.) |
| Swahili city-states | City coasts that actively participated in Indian Ocean trade along the East coast of the African continent |
| SILK ROAD | Trade routes that connected China and the Middle East across Central Asia. Commodities along the Silk Road included silk, porcelain, etc. |
| SAMARKAND | an oasis town along the silk roads in central Asia |
| Zheng He | Chinese naval explorer during the Ming Dynasty who led a series of state voyages (that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa.) |
| Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements. |
| Indian Ocean Trade Network | Sea-based exchange routes that connected Africa, the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia. Commodities include spices, cotton, etc. |
| Astrolabe | An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets |
| Arab Dhow | Arab ships used in Indian Ocean - had triangular sails (lateen) that allowed them to sail in the wind |
| Chinese junks | best ships in the world during Tang/Song/Ming era |
| Srivijaya | A maritime empire that held the Strait of Malacca; also became center of Buddhism |
| Malacca | Flourishing trading city in Malaya; established a trading empire after the fall of Shrivijaya. |
| City-states on Swahili Coast | An East African civilization that emerged in the eighth century C.E. from a blending of Bantu, Islamic, and other Indian Ocean trade elements. |
| Camel Saddle | Seat which gives camel riders more stability on the animal; its invention traveled along the Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade Route. |
| Camel Caravans | Used to travel across deserts in Trans-Saharan trade and Silk Road |
| Magnetic Compass | Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north |
| Monsoon winds | Seasonal winds, which carried ships on the Indian Ocean between India and Africa |
| Trans-Saharan Trade | Trade route between peoples north and south of the Sahara trade route that traded for gold and salt |
| Paper money | Legal currency issued on paper; it developed in China as a convenient alternative to metal coins |
| Great Zimbabwe | A powerful state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African coast (flourished between 1250 and 1350 C.E.) |
| Ibn Battuta | Muslim traveler, who wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands, including Africa |
| Mali | West African kingdoms that built wealth and power through the trans-Saharan trade of salt and gold |
| 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. |
| Swahili city-states | City coasts that actively participated in Indian Ocean trade along the East coast of the African continent |
| Timbuktu, Mali | East African city on the Trans-Saharan Trading Route |
| Caravanasary | any large inn or hotel for travelers on the Silk Road |
| Pochteca | Special merchant class in Aztec society; specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items |
| Cahokia | Mississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as 25,000 Native Americans |
| Inca road system | A royal network for the Incas, trade, goods, communication, systems which used people by them running and animals as transportation vehiclesl. |
| Bills of Exchange | a written order to a person requiring the person to make a specified payment to the signatory or to a named payee; a promissory note. |
| Islamic Green Revolution | A period of agricultural growth based on sharing of knowledge and plants across the Islamis Empire |
| Pure Land Buddhism | Emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among masses of Chinese society. |
| Mahyana Buddhism | "Great Vehicle" branch of Buddhism followed in China, Japan, and Central Asia. The focus is on reverence for Buddha and for bodhisattvas, enlightened persons who have postponed nirvana to help others attain enlightenment. |
| Theravada Buddhism | "Way of the Elders" branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. Theravada remains close to the original principles set forth by the Buddha; it downplays the importance of gods and emphasizes austerity and the individual's search f |
| Trans-Saharan Trade | route across the sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling desert, camels played a huge role in the trading |
| trans-Saharan slave trade | A fairly small-scale trade that developed in the twelfth century C.E., exporting West African slaves captured in raids across the Sahara for sale mostly as household servants in Islamic North Africa; the difficulty of travel across the desert limited the |
| Hausa Kingdoms | West African people who lived in several city-states of what is now northern Nigeria |
| Ghana, Mali, Songhai | • West African kingdoms that built wealth and power through trans-Saharan trade of salt and gold |
| Ankor Wat | Hindu temple in the Buddhist Cambodia is a good example on how they spread Hinduism to SE Asia |
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