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2.1 2.22 vocab

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Magnetic compass aid navigation
rudder ship control/steering
junk a boat developed in the Han dynasty similar to the Southwest Asian Dhow
Mongol Empire Mongols conquered the Abbasid Caliphate in 1258. China came under their control
Kashgar center of trade located on the western edge of China where northern and southern routes of silk roads crossed.
Samarkand a stopping point on the silk roads between China and the Mediterranean.
Caravanserai Inns that sprang up after the silk routes have been stabilized.
Money Economy using money rather than bartering with such commodities as cowrie shells or salt.
flying cash a system of credit (was money transfer system not actual currency)
paper money early form of standardized govt. backed currency used for trade, merchants, deposits in 1 location & withdrawals the same amount at another location.
banking house early banks, location 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 first common market and confederation of merchant guilds.
Mongols Central Asia, 13th century
khan Mongol king, ruler
kuriltai the meeting where the khan is selected by the chief.
Genghis Khan Ruler of All. went to northern China.
Khanates Genghis Khan's kingdom.
Pax Mongolica Mongolian Peace
Batu Russia. The son of Khan's oldest son.
Golden Horde batu's army that he took to Russia
moscow a city-state
Hulegu went to middle east. another grandson of Genghis Khan.
Il-khanate Hulegu's kingdom
Kublai Khan A grandson of Genghis khan. set his sights on China.
Yuan dynasty kublai khan's dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang a Buddhist monk from a poor peasant family, led a revolt, found Ming dynasty.
Ming Dynasty founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, 1368-1644.
Gobi Desert in east Asia. Mongol Empire was North of Gobi Desert.
Siege Weapons Such as portable towers used to attac,k walked fortification and catapults that hurled stones.
cannon a mongol invention cobbled togetehr using chinese gunpowder
uyghur alphabet genghis khan's effort to unify his empire included dorecting a scribe captured in 1204 to adapt the alphabet. It failed but is still used in Mongolia today.
White Lotus Society A society that began quietly organizing to put an end to the Yuan Dynasty.
Bubonic Plague The same as the Black death. Spread through trade.
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