Question
Cyril Hromnik used dubious linguistic comparisons to argue that shipwrecked Indians taught Southern Africans how to produce this good. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this good whose creation methods spread during the Bantu migrations. This good replaced bronze in swords in the last of the Metal Ages.
ANSWER: iron [accept ironworking; accept the Iron Age]
[10m] In 1418, shipwrecked sailors who were part of this man’s fleet intermarried with Kenyan women after killing a python. This Chinese explorer led a treasure fleet to East Africa and Southeast Asia.
ANSWER: Zhèng Hé (“jung huh”) [accept Ma He]
[10h] Other shipwrecks include Swahili mtepe ships, which competed against these sleek Arabian and Southeast Asian ships that dominated Medieval trade in the Indian Ocean.
ANSWER: dhows [or dawa]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
Data
| Columbia A | Maryland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Lehigh | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| NYU A | NYU C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Princeton | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rowan | University of Delaware B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Swarthmore B | Penn | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |