The Last Great Nomadic Chellenges: From Chinggis Khan to Timur.
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| 299092611 | Kuriltai | a meeting of all the Mongol chieftains who named Chinggis Khan their khagan. | 0 | |
| 299092612 | Khagan | supreme ruler. | 1 | |
| 299092613 | Tumens | basic fighting units composed of 10,000 warriors. Each was further divided into units of 1000, 100, and 10 warriors. | 2 | |
| 299092614 | Karakorum | the new capital that Chinggis Khan established on the steppes. It was constructed of large tents and gilded pillars. He lived there with his wives and closest advisors. | 3 | |
| 299092615 | Batu | was the grandson of Chinggis Khan, and the heir to the throne of Jochi, Khagan's recently deceased son. | 4 | |
| 299092616 | Ogedei | Chinggis Khan's third son; he was elected grand khan, and was a crafty diplomat and deft manipulator, which ended up working in the favor of the empire. | 5 | |
| 299092617 | Battle of Kulikova | a battle in which military forces from the growing and strong city of Moscow beat back the control of the Golden Horde over Russia, around 1380. | 6 | |
| 299092618 | Prestor John | a mythical rich and powerful Christian monarch whose kingdom had supposedly been cut off from Europe by the Muslim conquests of the 7th and 8th centuries. It was widely believed in Europe that Chinggis Khan was indeed this fictional Prestor John character. | 7 | |
| 299092619 | Baibars | The commander of a bunch of people (Mamluks) who had been captured by the Mongols and sold into slavery in Egypt, where they gained power and eventually came back to defeat the Mongols, pushing them out of Muslim territory by 1260. | 8 | |
| 299092620 | Berke | Hulego's cousin, who became the new leader of the Golden Horde, and converted to Islam. (He threatened Hulegu, and they clashed openly, eventually ending in Hulegu satisfying himself with the extensive empire he already ruled, from the frontiers of Byzantium to the Amu Darya (Oxus) River in central Asia.) | 9 | |
| 299092621 | Kubilai Khan | One of the grandson of Chinggis Khan, who played a pivitol role in the history of China for half a century. He led the Mongol forces against the Song Empire. | 10 | |
| 299092622 | Tatu | the location of Kubilai's capital; it is now modern-day Beijing. | 11 | |
| 299092623 | Chabi | the wife of Kubilai Khan. She was one of Kubilai's most important confidants on political and diplomatic matters, and she promoted Buddhist interests in the highest circles of government. | 12 | |
| 299092624 | The Romance of the West Chamber | this dramatic work was written in the Yuan period and was the most famous of the Chinese dramatic work. | 13 | |
| 299092625 | The White Lotus Society | one of various secret religious sects that were dedicated to overthrowing the dynasty. Their leaders claimed to have magical powers that could heal their followers and condemn their enemies. This helped them to acquire a large following. | 14 | |
| 299092626 | Ju Yuanzhang | a man who emerged to salvage the empire from complete dissolution, by founding the Ming dynasty. | 15 | |
| 299092627 | Ming Dynasty | a dynasty which ruled China for most of the next three centuries, after the fall of the Mongol empire. | 16 | |
| 299092628 | Timur-i Lang | ("Timur the Lame," or "Tamerlane.") This man was the leader of the Turkish nomads who filled the people of Europe and Asia with fear of having to relive the horror experienced during the Mongol expansion. He was a cruel and vicious, showing no sympathy for human suffering. | 17 |
