AP World Ch 22 + 23

Muslim traveler, born 1303, began hajj in 1325 and arrived in India in 1333, stayed for 8 years to be judge of Sultanate Delhi, based beliefs off Islmaic tradition

Modern day malaysia, straight of melaka was a bustling trade port, Eastern Indian Ocean clearing house for trade

Traveled to china with his uncle/father and met Khublai Khan, KK liked marco polo and sent him on many diplomatic missions

1240s and 1250s tried to convert Mongols to Christianity and join alliances against the Muslims, mongols declined

Judges ruling in accordance with the sharia, based off religous laws of Islam, Islamic judges

Islamic holy law, accounts of Muhamads life and based off laws and religous beleifs of the quaran

Accomplished the crusades

Active Roman Catholic missionary in china, Italian, went to china in 1921, first archbishop oh Khanbaliq, he sought to attract converts from china and mongols

Magnetic, invented in china, spread throughout indian ocean basin during 11th century

Muslims begun cultivation of sugar cane in the southwest Asia and North Africa regions during abbasid caliphate

Began during the 14th century, started after the mini ice age with little food, starvation, traveled from rodents to humans, took out much of the populaition of europe, black death

1100-1300 was an era with much cooler temps, shortened growing seasons, lead to starvation

Seaport that the plague reached in 1346

Started the Ming Dynasty, became emperor after the yuan dynasty, 1368

Lasted from 1368-1644, hong wu was the creator , emperors ruled without the aid of cheiftans