Trade routes vocab

Silk road

• trade route stretching from the Pacific coast of China to the Mediterranean Sea, along which products from China, especially silk, were carried west by caravans of men and mules. It was built before 0 CE.

• series of river trade routes connecting Russia and other eastern European areas to the Black Sea and the Byzantine Empire. Furs and Amber were the dominate items traded.

• Grassy plains

• kinship groups (large groups of extended family members)

Hanseatic League

• series of ocean trade routes connecting east Asia, southeast Asia, India, and east Africa. Also known as the Maritime South and Southeast Asian trade routes. This was the most widely used trade route until the 16^th century.

• medieval league of merchants of northern European cities connected by the river trade routes of Europe.

• the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.

• latin for “Mongol Peace” roughly a 100 year period from the mid 1200s to the mid 1300s.  A period of law and stability across much of Eurasia.

Black Sea Routes

• series of river trade routes connecting Russia and other eastern European areas to the Black Sea and the Byzantine Empire. Furs and Amber were the dominate items traded.

• In Africa, the territory that is the transition area from the arid desert of the Sahara into the humid savannas

• 4 regions of the Mongol Empire, 1) Khanate of the Great Khan (Mongolia and China), 2) Khanate of Chagatai (central Asia), 3) Ilkhanate (Persia), and 4) Khanate of the Golden Horde (Russia)

• a group of islands

Trans- Saharan Routes

• military governor of Japan.

• title meaning “Universal Ruler”, given to the Mongol leader Temujin in the early 13^th century.

• series of trade routes that crossed the Saharan desert connecting the Mediterranean Sea, Arabia, to Sub-Saharan West Africa. Gold, salt, and ivory were the main items traded.

• trade route stretching from the Pacific coast of China to the Mediterranean Sea, along which products from China, especially silk, were carried west by caravans of men and mules. It was built before 0 CE.

Indian Ocean Routes

• people who herd domesticated animals and follow them to and from pasture lands.

• Japanese feudal lord who led an army of Samurai.

• Latin for “Mongol Peace” roughly a 100 year period from the mid 1200s to the mid 1300s.  A period of law and stability across much of Eurasia.

• series of ocean trade routes connecting east Asia, southeast Asia, India, and east Africa. Also known as the Maritime South and Southeast Asian trade routes. This was the most widely used trade route until the 16^th century.

Animism

• member of a military class in feudal Japan who owed loyalty to a daimyo.

• the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.

• - sparse grasslands of Central Asia, extending from wester China to Russia.

• medieval league of merchants of northern European cities connected by the river trade routes of Europe.

Sahel

• In Africa, the territory that is the transition area from the arid desert of the Sahara into the humid savannas

• 4 regions of the Mongol Empire, 1) Khanate of the Great Khan (Mongolia and China), 2) Khanate of Chagatai (central Asia), 3) Ilkhanate (Persia), and 4) Khanate of the Golden Horde (Russia).

• principal religion of Japan based on worship of ancestral spirits.

• most widespread form of Buddhism in Japan; its followers seek enlightenment through intuition.

   

Savanna

• Samurai code of conduct that emphasizes loyalty, courage, simplicity, and honor.

• series of trade routes that crossed the Saharan desert connecting the Mediterranean Sea, Arabia, to Sub-Saharan West Africa. Gold, salt, and ivory were the main items traded.

• kinship groups (large groups of extended family members)

• Grassy Plains

pastoralists

• trade route stretching from the Pacific coast of China to the Mediterranean Sea, along which products from China, especially silk, were carried west by caravans of men and mules. It was built before 0 CE.

• people who herd domesticated animals and follow them to and from pasture lands.

• title meaning “Universal Ruler”, given to the Mongol leader Temujin in the early 13^th century.

• the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.

Clans

• military governor of Japan.

• Japanese feudal lord who led an army of Samurai.

• title meaning “Universal Ruler”, given to the Mongol leader Temujin in the early 13^th century.

• kinship groups (large groups of extended family members)