2.1: The Silk Road Vocab

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Banking Houses

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Issued bills of exchange; model for modern banks

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Bills of Exchange

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Documents stating the holder was legally promised payment of a set amount on a set date

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Caravanserai (or caravansary)

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Inns that popped up about 100 miles apart along the routes of the Silk Roads

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Constantinople

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The capital of the eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and later the Ottoman Empire

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Credit

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An arrangement to receive cash, goods, or services now and pay for them in the future

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Flying Money

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A system of credit developed in China that allowed a person to deposit money at one location and withdraw it at another

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The Hanseatic League

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A commercial alliance that formed between northern German cities and Scandinavia in the 13th century

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Junk

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Chinese sailing ship that developed during the Song Dynasty

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Kashgar

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Trading city located at the western edge of China where northern and southern routes of the Silk Roads crossed

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Magnetic Compass

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Navigation tool for determining direction that allowed ships to travel without following the coast