Novgorod
commercial a trade city that linked the Hanseatic League and Mediterranean trade
Timbuktu
commercial a trade city along the Trans-Saharan trade route
Kilwa
commercial a trade city on the East African coast; connected all African trade with Indian Ocean
Hangzhou
commercial a trade city in China that was eventually connected to the Silk Roads by the Grand Canal during the Song Dynasty: imported products, such as champa rice, from South East Asian societies
Calicut
commercial an important trade city in the Delhi Sultanate
Melaka
commercial connected Indian Ocean trade with Pacific Ocean trade; located in South East Asia
Venice
commercial an important trade city on theMediterranean that shows the rise of the merchant power during the time of the crusades
Aden
commercial a trading city on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula
Tenochtitlan
governmental the capital of the Aztec empire
Moscow
governmental became the capital of Russia after the Kiev takeover by the Mongols
London
governmental the capital of England
Beijing
governmental became the capital of China in the Mongol period in the Tang Dynasty
Cusco
governmental the capital of the Inca Empire
Samarkand
cultural became a center of culture and learning along the Silk Roads
Cordoba
cultural after the fall of Rome, people lived in this Spanish kingdom with tolerance of other religions; Christians, Jews, and Muslims lived in peace, allowing for synthesis of culture
Florence
cultural birthplace of the Renaissance
Baghdad
cultural became a center of culture and leading along the silk roads. In addition, it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate; because it was in Persia , it shows evidence of cultural synthesis
Cahokia
cultural because of their burial mounds that spread into Mesoamerica
Mecca
religious the Kaaba is located here, a very religiously important location for Muslims going on their hajj; the most important city Islam wise