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INDEX OF ARTICLES Fourth Period: 1350 - 1500 CE |
ARMIES
THE CROSSBOW GUNPOWDER THE MONGOLS - Genghis Khan - Kublai Khan - Kamikaze - Tamerlane - The Game of Chess NOMADIC INVADERS | ||||
COLONISTS
SUGAR AND THE CONQUEST OF THE CANARY ISLANDS | ||||
MERCHANTS & TRADERS
DIASPORA TRADE COMMUNITIES - Resident Alien Populations - Samarkand - Venice - Kilwa - - The Mwene Mutabe - Malacca - - The Chinese Tribute System ECUMENICAL TRADE ZONE Banking Facilities - The Cheque THE BLACK PLAGUE - Boccaccio's Black Plague AFRICA - Gao Commercial Capital - Ethiopia (Abyssinia) TRADE IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST PORTUGUESE ENTRY INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN TRADE | ||||
MISSIONARIES & PILGRIMS
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DIPLOMATS & TRAVELLERS
NOMADS TRAVEL & EXPLORATION - Prester John - Ibn Battuta - Marco Polo | ||||
MODES OF TRANSPORT
CAMELS AND CARAVANS ROADS - The Silk Road SHIPS OF THE OLD WORLD - Navigation |
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