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| 5833586771 | Who was the leader of the Mongols? | Chinggis Khan | 0 | |
| 5833586772 | What was the main practice of the Mongols? | Pastoral nomadism | 1 | |
| 5833586773 | When did the Mongols invade China? | 1200's | 2 | |
| 5833586774 | Who was the Mongolian ruler in China? | Kubilai Khan | 3 | |
| 5833586775 | What did the Mongols name their empire? | Yuan Dynasty | 4 | |
| 5833586776 | What was the capital of the Yuan Dynasty? | Beijing | 5 | |
| 5833586777 | How did the Mongols declare their power over China? | 1. Stated received Mandate of Heaven 2. Continued Chinese practices | 6 | |
| 5833586778 | How did the Mongols treat Southern China? | Assimilated and gave land if accepted Mongol rule | 7 | |
| 5833586779 | How did the Mongols treat Northern China? | Took in wealth from pasture land although wanted to exterminate people | 8 | |
| 5833586780 | How did Khan help China? | 1. Improved infrastructure 2. Fixed taxation techniques 3. Lowered taxes and torture 4. Supported peasants and merchants/artisans 5. Followed Confucianism | 9 | |
| 5833586781 | Why did the Mongols never become Chinese? | 1. Kept nomadic ways 2. Used foreigns for elite people (ex. Muslims) 3. Allowed women to maintain high government positions | 10 | |
| 5833586782 | Why did the Yuan Dynasty fall in the 1300's? | 1. Factionalism 2. Epidemics 3. Peasant rebellions | 11 | |
| 5833586783 | When did Mongols invade Persia? | 1200's and later | 12 | |
| 5833586784 | What was special about the Mongolian conquering of Persia? | Used massive violence | 13 | |
| 5833586785 | How did the Mongols destroy the agriculture of the Middle East? | 1. High taxes 2. Persecution of peasants 3. Use of land for pastures which destroyed the soil 4. Neglect of the Qanat system | 14 | |
| 5833586786 | How did the Mongols increase trade? | 1. Close connection with China for silk 2. Increase wine production 3. Rebuilt infrastructure | 15 | |
| 5833586787 | How did the Persian Empire change to the Mongols? | 1. Adopted Persian bureaucratic system,language, and culture 2. Instituted Islam | 16 | |
| 5833586788 | Why did the Mongols lose power to the Persians? | Lost descendants | 17 | |
| 5833586789 | When did the Mongols invade Russia? | 1200's | 18 | |
| 5833586790 | What was unique about the Mongolian capture of Russia? | Didn't settle there | 19 | |
| 5833586791 | Why didn't the Mongols settle in Russia? | 1. No garrisoned cities 2. Bad economy 3. No permanent administrators 4. Had little purpose | 20 | |
| 5833586792 | What did the Mongols do with the Russian POW's? | Sent them back to Mongol pastures as slaves | 21 | |
| 5833586793 | How did the Mongols keep control of the Russia area? | Stationed in steppes and just overlooked the territory | 22 | |
| 5833586794 | Why did the Churches enjoy the Mongol rule over Russia? | Only taxed and set tribute system with the royals so churches benefitted | 23 | |
| 5833586795 | How did the Mongols strengthen the Eastern Orthodoxy Church? | 1. Weapons 2 Diplomatic rituals 3. Court practices 4. Taxes 5, Military draft 6. Courier service | 24 | |
| 5833586796 | Why did the Mongols lose power over Russia? | Assimilated to the Kipchaks in the 1400's and Russian state divided power | 25 | |
| 5833586797 | Did the Mongols still pose a threat after they lost their 3 empires? | Yes, until conquered by Chinese and Russian Empires later on | 26 | |
| 5834096419 | Characteristics of Mongol Culture | Northern steppe life, tribes divided into clans, temporary confederations, leaders elected, harsh yet tolerant of alien cultures. | 27 | |
| 5834103991 | Genghis/Chingghis Khan (1162 - 1227) | Also known as Temujin; he united the Mongol tribes into an unstoppable fighting force; created largest single land empire in history. | 28 | |
| 5834120518 | Genghis Khan Family Tree | Jochi > Berke, Batu; Chagatai, Ogedei (Khan following Genghis), Tolul > Hulagu, Kublai | 29 | |
| 5834128903 | Accomplishments of Batu | Sacks Kiev in 1240 and founds The Golden Horde (named for color of yurt), spares Novgorod, Russians in vassalage to horde. Moscow begins to thrive. Takes Hungary and Poland by 1241 and would have gone further if not for the death of Ogedei (possibly saving the rest of Europe). Eventually Russians defeat Golden Horde at Kulikovo in 1380. | 30 | |
| 5834140583 | Accomplishments of Hulegu | Drives toward Middle East and sacks Baghdad to end the Abassid Dynasty in 1258, stunning the Turks, and killing 200,000 Baghadians. Stopped by Egyptian Mamluks (slave warriors) in 1260. Had to retreat to Mongolia with most of army upon death of Ogedei again. First significant defeat for Mongolia. Empire of Ilkhans (lesser Khans) | 31 | |
| 5834149776 | The Mongol Empires of Eurasia (WI) | Image |  | 32 |
| 5834158403 | Accomplishments of Kublai | Attacks Song Dynasty and transforms it into the Yuan Dynasty (takes 70 years from 1209 to 1279). Capital at Dadu which later becomes Beijing. Has a summer home at Xanadu. Attempts invasion of Japan in 1274 and 1281, but failed b/c of the kamikaze (a large typhoon). Also fails to invade Vietnam. | 33 | |
| 5834188926 | Tartars | Same thing as Mongols. | 34 | |
| 5834194763 | Marco Polo (1254-1324) | Travels to East with father and uncle from 1271-1295, and hangs out with Kublai Khan in Shangdu. Imprisoned in Italy in 1298 after political conflict, but then writes Travels with a fellow inmate. | 35 | |
| 5834199176 | Mongol Decline | Loses vast territory in 1350, Yuan dynasty over in 1368 (in which Ming Dynasty follows) | 36 | |
| 5834203857 | Pax Mongolica | The period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire. | 37 | |
| 5834206370 | Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) | Turkic-Mongolian with a base at Samarkand. Muslim who seeks legitimacy. Conquests in Persia, Middle East, India, and Russia 1360s. Seizes Mongol lands, and sacks Delhi Sultanate, then devastates Damascus and Baghdad. Dies in 1405 and no more conquest. Last to bridge Eurasia, finally shifts power permanently to settled states over nomadic ones. | 38 | |
| 5834223139 | Karakorum | Capital of the Mongol empire under Chinggis Khan. | 39 | |
| 5834229003 | Crazy Mongolian war techniques | Mass execution of those who failed to act according to Mongol ideals, unskilled people become human shields of war and moat fill-ins (HOLY CRAP) | 40 | |
| 5834236904 | Mongol Relay Stations | System of stations in a line that permits the quick transport of information across the empire. About a day's ride apart, and often used by merchants (whom Mongols were eager to accommodate). | 41 | |
| 5834712369 | Ogodei's Plan for China | Exterminate everyone in northern China and use it for pastureland. (Rejected thankfully) | 42 | |
| 5834721293 | Benefits of Mongol occupation on China | Improved roads, built canals, lowered some taxes, patronized scholars and artists, limited the death penalty and torture, supported peasant agriculture, and prohibited Mongols from grazing their animals on peasants' farmland. (Still pretty bad rulers though, since they treat the natives just like slaves regardless) | 43 | |
| 5834732556 | Chabi | Wife of Kublai who attempted to convince her husband of the benefits of agriculture over pastoralism. | 44 | |
| 5834915216 | Why did Moscow emerge as more powerful than Kiev after the Mongol invasion? | Kiev resisted, whereas Moscow remained neutral. Kiev was then sacked. | 45 | |
| 5834925663 | What enabled the Russians to break free from the rule of the Russians in the fifteenth century? | Plague, and the growing strength of Russia now focused in Moscow. | 46 | |
| 5834934876 | Mongol attitude toward merchants | HIGHLY supportive, provided tax breaks and use of facilities along with financial incentive, likely so that commerce could be more heavily taxed. | 47 | |
| 5834980546 | Modun | Great ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r. 210-174 B.C.E.) who created a centralized and hierarchical political system. | 48 | |
| 5834982847 | 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 | 49 |
