AP World History- Unit 2 Latest 2022 Graded A

Topic 2.1 The Silk Roads What group drastically improved the functions conducted on the Silk Road? The Mongols How did the Mongols improve the Silk Road? They unified the entire Silk Road under one rule. They also improved safety by punishing bandits. Examples of Silk Road trading cities -Kashgar -Samarkand What new economic innovations changed how merchants bought and sell goods on the Silk Road? -Bills of exchange -Banking houses -Use of paper money (flying cash) Why were caravanserai located 100 miles apart? 100 miles is the distance camels could travel before they needed water Henseatic League A group of German merchants and traders who in the 1300's began to join together to form a monopoly on timber. They would travel to the Mediterranean Sea, sell their timber, and bring back Asian luxury goods to Europe. Topic 2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World. Who created the Mongol Empire? Genghis Khan (originally called Temujin)