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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Magnetic Compass | Advances in naval technology. Chinese scientist developed |
| Rudder | Aid navigation and ship control along the seas |
| Junk | Developed during the Han dynasty boat similar to the dhow |
| Mongol Empire | Significant impact on expansion of trade. |
| Kashgar | Located at the western edge of China where norther and southern routes of the silk roads crossed. |
| Samkand | Stopping point on the silk roads between China and the Mediterrian center of cultural exchange center for trading goods. |
| Caravanserai | Travelers could rest themselves and animals and trade them for fresh ones. |
| Money Economy | Using money rather then something else. |
| Flying Cash | Government developed a system of credit |
| Paper Money | Merchants could deposit and withdraw in different locations. Standarized government banked currency. |
| Banking Houses | Early banks, Locations for exchanging flying cash. |
| Bill of exchange | document stating the holder was legally promised payment of a set amount on a set date and receive that amount of money in exchange. |
| Hanseatic League | Cities in Northern Germany and Scandinavia formed a commercial alliance to promote and protect trade among its member cities. |
| Mongols | (12th century) Multiple clans of pastoral nomads who herded goats and sheep's, were hunter-foragers. |
| Khan | King |
| Kuriltai | Mongol Chieftains at a meeting |
| Genghis Khan | Mongol leader (Ruler of all) Known for his harsh treatment and huge empire |
| Khanates | Genghis Khan's kingdom |
| Pax Mongolia | Mongolian peace (Between 13th-14th centuries) |
| Batu | The son of Khan's oldest son, led the Mongolian army of 100,000 solders into Russia |
| Golden Horde | Batu's army |
| Moscow | Russian city-state |
| Hulegu | Grandson of Genghis Khan (Took charge of the south-west region) |
| Il-khanate | Hulegu's kingdom in central Asia |
| Kublai Khan | A grandson of Genghis Khan |
| Yuan Dynasty | Kublai Khan's established dynasty |
| Zhu Yuanzhang | A Buddhist monk from a poor family who overthrew the Yuan Dynasty |
| Ming Dynasty | Zhu Yuanzhang founded it |
| Gobi Desert | Mongols were north of this in east africa |
| Siege weapons | Produced improved weapons, Portable towers and catapults |
| Cannon | Siege technology, Mongol invention, cobbled together using Chinese gunpowder, Muslim flamethrowers and European bell-crossing techniques |
| Uyghur Alphabet | Genghis Khans effort to unify the Mongol society |
| white Lotus Society | Secret society to put a stop to the Yuan Dynasty |
| Bubonic Plauge | (Black Death) Mongol conquest helped transmit the areas that carry the disease |