AP World, Ch13
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- spread south of Sahara
- slow, gradual, and peaceful; land of the blacks; role of force in spreading Islam was limited
- improvements of state of women in India
- the ancient practice of Sati became optional' women were married before puberty
- Kilwa
- one of many trading cities on the East African coast
- Indian Ocean trade
- connected to Europe, Africa, and China.; worlds richest maritime trading network and an area of rapid Muslim expansion.
- spread in India
- wipes out Buddhism
- monsoons
- alternating winds
- Delhi Sultans
- Sultan Iltutmish consolidated the conquest of northern India in a serious of military expeditions that made his empire the largest state in India. He secured official recognition of the Delhi Sultanate as a Muslim state by the caliph of Baghdad.
- geography and climate of tropical zone
- very hot; equator marks the center of the tropical zone; in the lands around the Indian Ocean the rainy and dry season reflect the unflience of alternating wids knwon as monsoons
- Kingdom of Ghana
- preceded Mali in western Sudan but their conquest did little to spread Islam
- role of mosque
- center of Islam; center for learning and religion
- culture achievements
- teachings of Islam were found to be meaningful, others found that the administrative, lefal, and economic aspects of Islamic traditions suit their interests
- trade items in Zimbabwe
- gold, copper ignots, salt, and local manufactures
- Ibn Battuta
- Muslim traveler who wanted to explore the Islamic world; kept a journal of all areas he wanted to travel
- Islam in Mali
- West Africa, largest and richest tropical state; long distance trade; depended on agriculture; gold and copper were important
- prosperity in Asia and Africa 1200-1500
- trade with Delhi's ruling class; trade of slaves
- the Straits of Malacca
- port and meeting place of merchants; increase trade; link in trade route, whoever controlled it, controlled trade
- Islam in Dehli
- Turkish and Alfghan invadors; harsher rule; introduced extensive new water control systems
- Kingdom of Mali
- much larger than Ghana; controlled core trading area of upper Niger and the gold fields of the Niger headwaters to southwest.