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2.1 2.22 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |