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SS Chapter 3

Life in the Eastern Hemisphere

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This European explorer traveled to China with the hopes of bringing back valuable trade goods Marco Polo
This is the European city where Marco Polo lived Venice, Italy
This is the Chinese city where Marco Polo met the emperor Shangdu
The Chinese emperor who Marco Polo Met Kublai Khan
The ruler of an empire emperor
What items did the Chinese have that other cultures wanted to buy silk, tea, spices
The major trade route between China and other lands the Silk Road
What else traveled between Asia and Europe using the Silk Road ideas, skills, customs
Chinese invented this to help sailors determine their direction far out at sea magnetic compass
Commander of a huge fleet of Chinese ships that went on voyages of trade and exploration Zheng He
A huge desert in Africa Sahara
A group of traders traveling together across the desert caravan
The earliest African kingdom Ghana
What precious mineral did Ghana have a lot of gold
What resource did Ghana trade much of its gold for salt
This town in the West African kingdom of Mali was an important stop along the caravan routes Timbuktu
What religion did Arab traders bring to West Africa Islam
What are the followers of Islam called Muslims
This West African kingdom became larger than Ghana Mali
What goods did Mali trade gold, animal hides, kola nuts
A journey taken for religious reasons pilgrimage
A city in the Arabian peninsula that is holy to Muslims Mecca
The Mali king who was known for his immense wealth and for taking a pilgrimage to Mecca Mansa Musa
The West African kingdom that flourished from the middle 1300s through the 1500s Songhai
A device created by Arabs to help sailors use the sun and stars to find their location in latitude astrolabe
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