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AP World Chapter 3

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Srivijaya A Malay kingdom that dominated the critical chokepoint in Indian Ocean trade at the Strait of Malacca between 670-1025 CE, absorbed various cultural influences from India
Angkor Wat The largest religious structure in the pre-modern world, this Hindu temple was built by the Angkor kingdom in modern-day Cambodia in the 12th century and later used by Buddhists as well
Swahili civilization East African civilization, emerged in the 8th century as a set of commercial city-states linked to Indian Ocean trading network; combined Bantu and Islamic culture; traded goods from the interior for products from distant civilizations
Great Zimbabwe A powerful state in the southern African interior that emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African coast; flourished between 1250-1350 CE.
Zheng He Chinese admiral who commanded a huge fleet of ships in a series of voyages in the Indian Ocean from 1405-1433 which were intended to enroll distant states in the Chinese tribute system but ended with no lasting Chinese imperial presence in the region
Arabian camel Introduced to North Africa an the Sahara in the early centuries CE, this animal made trans-Saharan commerce possible by 300-400 CE.
West African civilization Important states that developed along the Atlantic coast to Lake Chad in the period 500-1600 CE; developed in response to economic opportunities of trans-Saharan trade; included Ghana, Mali, Songhay, and Kanem as well as other towns and cities
Ghana An early and prominent state within West Africa. Flourished between 750-1076, reputation for riches and was later absorbed into the larger Kingdom of Mali
Mali Prominent state within West Africa established in 1235 CE; monopolized the import of horses and metals as part of the trans-Saharan trade; large-scale producer of gold; most famous ruler was Mansa Musa who went on a hajj from 1324-1325
trans-Saharan slave trade A fairly small-scale commerce in enslaved people that flourished especially from 1100-1400; exporting West African slaves across the Sahara for sale in Islamic North Africa
Timbuktu A major commercial city of West Africa; noted center of Islamic scholarship and education by the 16th century
House of Wisdom An academic center for research and translation of foreign texts that was established in Baghdad in 830 CE by the Abbasid caliph al-Mamun
American web Term used to describe the network of trade that linked parts of the pre-Columbian Americas; provided a means of exchange for luxury goods and ideas over large areas
Chaco Phenomenon Name given to the process of settlement and societal organization between 860-1130 CE among peoples in present-day New Mexico; notable for its pueblos and hundreds of miles of roads
pochteca Professional merchants among the Aztecs who undertook large-scale trading expeditions in the 15th century
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