The Global Tapestry (1200-1450)
Which invention significantly impacted the economy of Dar al-Islam from 1200 to 1450?
Papermaking technology
The printing press
The steam engine
The telephone
How did Ibn Battuta's travels differ significantly from those undertaken by Marco Polo during this period (1200-1450)?
Marco Polo never returned to his homeland while Ibn Battuta did.
Unlike Marco Polo who travelled by sea, Ibn Battuta travelled only overland.
Ibn Battuta traveled extensively across Islamic regions while Marco Polo's journey focused primarily on East Asia and Central Asia along Silk Road routes.
While Ibn Battuta explored only known territories, Marco Polo discovered unknown lands for Europeans like India and China.
What was a significant technological innovation originating from the Dar al-Islam region between 1200-1450?
Creation of the printing press
Discovery of electricity
Development of algebra
Invention of gunpowder
During the period from 1200-1450, what was a common social structure in Islamic empires such as the Ottoman, Mughal, or Safavid?
A democratic system with elected officials.
An egalitarian society with no clear leader.
A matriarchal system where women held dominant positions.
A hierarchical system with a sultan or shah at the top.
Which trade route significantly contributed to the diffusion of Islamic culture and knowledge from the Dar al-Islam to Europe during the period 1200-1450?
The Viking trade routes via the Volga and Dnieper Rivers
The Silk Road
The Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
The Indian Ocean Trade Network
Which Islamic city became renowned as a center of learning and scholarship during this period?
Baghdad
Cordoba
Damascus
Cairo
Which group's participation in caravan trade networks most directly reflects economic trends specific to trans-Saharan trade during this period?
Tuareg nomads focusing mainly on subsistence agriculture despite growing demand for goods
Berber merchants facilitating gold-salt exchanges while adopting Islam
Persian traders imposing heavy taxation on African goods entering Middle Eastern markets
Swahili city-state sailors limiting interactions with inland trading partners due cultural differences

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How might advancements in naval technology during the period of 1200-1450 in the Dar al-Islam world have indirectly affected European exploration and expansion into the late fifteenth century?
Development of larger merchant ships capable of long-distance travel would have diminished European interests in developing their own fleets.
Widespread use of tariffs on each port visited by sailors would have encouraged Europeans to seek economic alternatives in new routes.
Improved astrolabes used by Muslim mariners could have been adapted by Europeans explorers for oceanic navigation.
The discovery of alternative route to luxury goods in East such as silk and spices may have reduced European efforts to establish direct trade lines with Asia.
Which development most accurately reflects the influence of Islamic states on global knowledge systems during this period?
The widespread adoption of Sharia law replaced traditional legal systems across Asia and Europe uniformly.
The preservation and innovation in classical sciences by scholars in Muslim-majority societies contributed to global learning.
Muslim conquests led directly to a decline in Confucian education in East Asian territories they controlled.
Increased conversion to Islam precipitated an abandonment of Hindu mathematics on the Indian subcontinent.
The "House of Wisdom" in Baghdad gathered and translated learning from
Ancient China.
Living scientists and writers.
Across Afro-Eurasia.
Only Muslim scholars.