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Black death The Mongol conquests helped to transmit the fleas that carried this
Marco polo Missionarie from Venice Italy known for his accounts from when he went to China
Ibn Battuta Muslim scholar and explorer from Morroco that traveled to mali
Margery Kempe Known for english mystic wrote deceptions on her pilgrimage to mecca
Swahili Language is a mix of Bantu and ARabic and still is widley spoken today
Urdu Language had influences from sanskrit based hindi, as well as from Arabic and Farsi a persian language.
Lateen sail used by sailors and were popular because they could easily cacth winds from many different directions
Stern rudder Invented by the chinese gave their ships more stablility and made them easier to navigate
Astrolabe Improved by muslim navigators in the 12th century allowed salors to determine how south or north they were from the equator
Magnetic compass Helped aid navigation and ship control
Hangzhou Large was home to about 1 million people but other chinese cities were larger
Samarkand Present day Uzbekistan in the Zera Shuan river valley , stopping point on the Silk roads between China and the Mediterranean
Kashgar Located on western edge of china where northen and souther routes of the silk roads crossed leading to destinations in Centrla Asia India, Pakistan and Persia
Constantinople Once thriving city heavily walled present day turkeu suffered a seris of set backs such as bubonic plague
Syncretism The combining of religions such as Neo Confuscianism which was a blend of daoism and buddhism aswell and zen buddhism
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