The Mongols
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Created the largest BLANK land empire of all time
Contiguous
Temujin adopts the title? Meaning
Genghis Khan
“Universal ruler”
Grandson of Genghis
Rise of Kublai Khan
Ming distantly- mongols BLANK out of China
Driven
Who were the mongols?
Wandering nomads
Mongols main points (originally made of, ruler, lived on)
Originally made up of various tribes; not a unified kingdom
Ruler of tribes is a Khan
Lived as nomads on steppe
BLANK steppe
Eurasian
Housing (tent-like)
Gers
The mongols skill in battle?
Skilled horsemen
Round tents
yurts
skilled horsemen in war, bows and arrows- adaptable
Mongol cavalry
Mongol religion?
Ancestor worship- household idols kept in each yurt
Not much emphasis on the BLANK in the religion
Afterlife
Believed to communicate with the spirit realm
Shamans
Religion that had shamans, perform exorcisms, give blessings, white robes, white horse
Shamanism
as mongols conquer religion is taken from those they BLANK
Conquer
In BLANK Mongols become Buddhist
In BLANK Mongols become Muslims
China
Middle East
Who united the Mongol tribes?
Genghis Khan
Disclaimer of the Mongol history
Few sources form Mongol perspective, many sources have anti- Mongol bias
1st Mongolian Conquest
Siege of Merve- the city at first revisits, Mongols promise to spare them if they surrender
They surrender but them kill them all
Most in the city were refugees fleeing the Mongols
2nd Mongolian Conquest
Siege of Nishapur
Mongolian general is husband of Genghis Khan’s daughter, dies in battle, daughter demands death of all in the city
Outcome: Mongols kill all, and make pyramid of the skulls, cats and dogs killed too
They say the population of Iran dropped from?
2.5 million to 250,000
Grandson of Genghis Khan conquered even more territory (rest of China), moves Mongol capital city to China
Kublai Khan
Venetian merchant and explorer, started working for Kublai Khan’s government (republic of Venice)
Marco Polo
Drove out Mongols from China, built Ming Great Wall- the start of?
The Ming Dynasty