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  1. 3. bowls that Buddhists used for donations but slowly became more symbolic as they became very wealthy
  2. 5. Chinese and Indian or Arab ships that merchants used to travel across the indian oean
  3. 6. North American chiefdom that lay at the center of a widespread trading network that included Cahokia shells copper buffalo hides obsidian and mica
  4. 8. Major trading city in west Africa, and was also a center of learning, with many Islam schools
  5. 11. Chinese innovation. Paper money which was an easier and more efficient currency
  6. 15. used for trade across the Sahara as they didn't require much water and could carry heavy cargo
  7. 16. form of buddhisnm popular in Japan and also the samurai warrior class
  8. 17. System of stations that provided rapid communication across
  9. 18. inns or guesthouses located all along trade routes where merchants could rest trade with other merchants and resupply animals
  10. 20. Language spoken in east Africa. Used Arabic script and loan words
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  1. 1. One of the bacteria responsible for the black death. Originating in the china, it spread across the trade routes of the Mongol empire in the early 14th century
  2. 2. Mali king and Muslim. Very rich due to his large supply of gold. During his pilgrimage to mecca he gave away so much gold it destabilized the economy
  3. 4. took out religious aspects of buddhism and daoism, focused more on moral aspects and teachings of confucian
  4. 7. reciting the amitabha faithfully would get you to the "pure land"/heaven
  5. 9. State approved merchant associations where merchants could pool their resourcess and limit losses
  6. 10. Chinese muslim, captain who sought to enroll distant peoples into a tributary system with china
  7. 12. Arab scholar, merchant and traveler who traveled much of the world including the Swahili coast and many Muslim societies
  8. 13. Javanese Kingdom, agriculturally rich, and took influence from India, specifically hinduism and buddhism
  9. 14. permanent settlements of foreign traders along various points of the Indian ocean and facilitated commercial and cultural exchange
  10. 19. Largest Hindu temple in the world, located in the Khmer kingdom, used Hindu architecture, sought to express a Hindu understanding of the cosmos