WHAP vocab list 6

Pastoralism

developed at various sites in the grasslands of Afro-Eurasia because these places supported large mobile herds and nomadic lifestyle but not farming or cities

Xiongnu

nomadic raiders from the grasslands north of China during the reign of Han dynasty; emperor Wudi fought against them in the mid-100s BC

Almoravid Empire

an Islamic religious brotherhood that established an empire in North Africa and southern Spain in the 11th century A.D.

Genghis Khan (Temujin)

Mongol warrior and military commander who will become the supreme ruler of the Mongol tribe.

Yuan Dynasty

Chinese dynasty ruled by the Mongols from 1279 to 1368; best known ruler was Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan

mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China

Hulegu

grandson of Chinggis Khan and ruler of Ilkhan khanate; captured and destroyed Abbasid Baghdad

Khutulun

mongol princess whose exploits in battle and wrestling along with her choice of husbands provide insight into the relative freedom and influence of elite Mongol women in their societies

Golden Horde

a Mongolian army that swept over eastern Europe in the 13th century

Khanate

regional Mongol empires that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan