Merchant (a)   communities from the Islamic world settled in cities along the Silk Road, spreading Islamic culture and facilitating trade.

The spread of _________ ________ through both the Silk Road and Trans-Saharan trade networks improved record-keeping and commerce across different regions.

(a)  

Scholars at the _____ __ ______ in Baghdad translated and preserved knowledge that traveled along the Silk Road, including works on mathematics, medicine, and astronomy.

(a)  

The Song Dynasty and the Abbasid Caliphate both thrived under a _________ ________, where merchants acted as cultural and economic intermediaries between distant regions.

(a)  

The Silk Road and Trans-Saharan trade networks promoted _________ ________ by spreading religions, languages, and technologies across continents.

(a)  

The rise of a ________ _______ along these trade routes allowed merchants to use coins and paper money instead of bartering goods.

(a)  

Despite fostering unity through trade, both networks also experienced (a)   , as religious divisions between different groups occasionally led to conflict.

Trade networks created ________ ______________ between regions, with West Africa supplying gold, the Middle East providing textiles, and China exporting silk.

(a)  

A (a)   typically treats people in their center better than people in their periphery.

Confucian (a)   in the Tang and Song dynasties gained government positions through the civil service exam system

A (a)   in the Abbasid Caliphate might oversee tax collection or trade agreements along Silk Road routes.

The Song dynasty was the first government to issue paper (a)   , making trade along the Silk Road more efficient.

In Song China, the (a)   had gotten to large and expensive which led to financial problems for the state.

When chefs combine foods like Sushi and Burgers to make Sushi Burgers that are creating cultural cuisine (a)   >