WHAP Review: Ben Puckett

  • Use of Camel Saddles
    1200

    Use of Camel Saddles

    This is very important because camel saddles greatly helped the trans-Saharan trade by helping traders ride for longer periods of time. Which in turn greatly helped the trading within the region.
  • Pax Mongolica
    1201

    Pax Mongolica

    This is very important because this period of peace started tons of trade between all of Europe and Asia.
  • Yam System
    1210

    Yam System

    This was important because it was a way how people could communicate over such far distances in a short time.
  • Mali Empire created
    1235

    Mali Empire created

    The creation of the Mali Empire is extremely important because it was the hub of gold, ivory, and trade.
  • Creation of Great Zimbabwe
    1250

    Creation of Great Zimbabwe

    Great Zimbabwe is important because it emerged from the growing trade in gold, and it expanded to the East-African Coast.
  • Mamluck Sultanate Created
    1250

    Mamluck Sultanate Created

    The Mamluk Sultanate is important due to how close it was to Baghdad. Also, because the Mamluk Sultanate was as well a big trading nation in Africa.
  • Creation of Ottoman Empire
    1299

    Creation of Ottoman Empire

    This is important because the Ottoman Empire eventually became one of the gunpowder nations and traded it in the Indian Ocean.
  • Caravanserais on the Silk Road
    1300

    Caravanserais on the Silk Road

    These were very important to the silk road because traders could be able to rest here, and the threat of merchandise being stolen was lowered.
  • Mansa Musa Pilgrimmage
    1324

    Mansa Musa Pilgrimmage

    This is important because he was able to show especially the Islamic world his culture along with the number of riches he had acquired through the gold trade.
  • Champa Rice to China
    1400

    Champa Rice to China

    This is an important event because once the rice was brought back to China it greatly helped with starvation and as well influenced a population increase.