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- 4. Symbol for monks; Buddhism changed along the Silk Road to become more secular and in touch with the world.
- 6. Period of major agricultural innovation during the Abbasid Caliphate; led to new agricultural techniques.
- 10. Nickname for European explorers who traveled the sea, drawing parallels to the Mongols.
- 11. Rule of Mali; undertook the hajj, gave gold to people while building mosques as he traveled.
- 12. New kinds of ships that made travel along the Indian Ocean trade routes easier.
- 16. West African story tellers, historians, poets, etc. Transferred and preserved culture.
- 17. Castrated men in the Mongol Empire who showed loyalty to the emperor and exercised great authority.
- 19. Grandson of Chinggis Khan who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia.
- 20. Capital of the Mongol Empire, centralized bureaucracy + new languages and cultural diffusion.
- 21. Chinese Philosophy that rejected the religious aspects of Buddhism but kept the moral teachings.
- 23. Inns/Guesthouses that Caravans of the Silk Road stopped at; centers of cultural exchange.
- 25. Form of Buddhism that became popular in Japan with the samurai/warrior class.
- 26. Hindu temple built by the Angkor Kingdom; centered around Mount Meru, later used by Buddhist, largest in the world.
- 27. Kingdom in central Java; agriculturally rich with Borobudur and Hindu + Buddhist temples/monuments.
- 28. Chinese dynastic title that was used by the Mongols as part of their borrowing of Chinese administrative policies.
- 29. Tower located in Delhi, India; built by the Delhi Sultanate, decorated with Arabic art and geometry + earliest Mosques built in India.
- 30. Military tactic used by the Mongols in order to surround a city; proved highly effective.
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- 1. The name of the bacteria responsible for causing the Black Death plague.
- 2. Form of Buddhism that became highly popular and authentically Chinese.
- 3. Civilization in North America/Lake Superior that had a bureaucracy and social stratification.
- 5. Term for paper money; made payment easier along the Silk Road.
- 7. Foreign merchants that permanently settled along various points of the Indian Ocean routes; commercial + religious exchange
- 8. Major commercial city of West African civilization; center of Islamic scholarship
- 9. Name of settlement that emerged among the people of the Chaco Canyon.
- 13. State-approved associations of merchants that allowed them to pool thier resources and limit losses by spreading the risk.
- 14. Language spoken in East Africa today; contains Arabic script and a number of loan words.
- 15. Communication system used by the Mongols in order to transfer information faster across the Empire.
- 17. Mongolian emperor who sponsored an enormous Encyclopedia of some 11,000 volumes with contributions from thousands of scholars. Also extended Chinese power and rebuilt the Empire.
- 18. Chinese admiral who commanded fleet of ships in a series of voyages in the Indian Ocean; intended to enroll states in the tribute system.
- 22. Arab scholar/merchat who visited the Swahili coast in the early fourteenth century; documented cultural diffusion around the world.
- 24. Animal used for transportation on Sand Roads; made Trans-saharan commerce possible.