1200-1450
The Mongol Empire Timeline:
Event / Person / Other | Time |
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Life of Chinggis Khan | 1162 - 1227 = 65 yrs |
Mongol rule in China | 1209 - 1368 = 159 yrs |
Mongol rule in Persia | 1219 - ca. 1335 = 116 yrs |
Mongol rule in Russia | 1237 - 1480 = 243 yrs |
Mongol seizure of Baghdad | 1258 |
Mongol attacks in Eastern Europe | 1241 - 1242 = 1 yr |
Marco Polo in Mongol Empire | 1271 - 1295 = 24 yrs |
Mongol ruler of Persia converts to Islam | 1295 |
Ibn Battuta arrives in China | 1345 |
High point of Black Death in Europe | 1348 - 1350 = 2 years |
==IMPORTANT: The Mongols brought no new languages, religions, or civilizations to their conquered lands.==
The Mongol invasions were in the 1200’s ( 13th century )
Influenced upon the agrarian civilizations ( A large, organized human society that relies on a large number of its members producing food through agriculture ) on their borders
Mongol warfare was helped by horseback and camel riding ( known as mounted warfare )
Temujin ( 1162-1227 ) → Chinggis Khan → Genghis Khan
==ATTENTION: Study the table on page 156 and the map on 157==
Mongols were unstable and a fractious collection of tribes and clans
Lost of stealing and robbery of other peoples and clan groups
In 1206, a Mongol tribe recognized Temujin as Chinggis Khan, supreme leader of the now unifed Great Mongolian Nation
It was hard for Khan to hold his position of power because he did not know what he need to form and stabilize his people and army
Half of a century ( 500 yrs. ) was seen for the Mongol world war
The Mongols withdrew from their expansion into Eastern Europe in 1242
They were defeated at Ain Jalut in Palestine as the hands of Egyptian forces in 1260
They failed to invade Japan owning to a typhoon in 1281
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