Old World Contacts

INDEX OF ARTICLES Third Period: 1000 - 1350 CE

				ARMIES THE CROSSBOW GUNPOWDER THE CRUSADES 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  AFRICA  – Gao Commercial Capital – Ethiopia (Abyssinia)  TRADE IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST
				MISSIONARIES & PILGRIMS
				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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