Woohoo another Muhammad to add to vocab!
5963490015 | Muhammad Shah II | Turkic ruler of the Khwarazm Empire who provoked war with Chinggis Khan | 0 | |
5963497966 | Tatu | Kubilai Khan's capital in the north and the site of present-day Beijing | 1 | |
5963497967 | Kuriltai | Meeting of all Mongol chieftains. | 2 | |
5963497968 | Ming Dynasty | Ruling power that rose to replace the Mongol Yuan dynasty,, it controlled China for the next 300 years | 3 | |
5963500760 | Prester John | Mythical Christian monarch thought to strike the Muslim enemy from the east to destroy Islam with European Christianity. | 4 | |
5963500761 | The Romance of the West Chamber | Written during the Yuan period, it became the most famous Chinese dramatic work | 5 | |
5963505003 | Khanates | Kingdoms which emerged in the struggle for succession after the death of Chinggis Khan | 6 | |
5963505004 | Berke | New Khan of the Golden Horde and cousin of Chinggis Khan's grandson Hulegu, his conversion to Islam threatened the conquest of the entire Muslim world | 7 | |
5963505005 | Tumen | The basic fighting unit of 10,000 men that Mongol forces were divided into | 8 | |
5963505006 | Chabi | The wife of Kubilai Khan | 9 | |
5963510706 | Timur-i-Lang | Leader of the Turkic nomads noted for barbaric destruction and atrocities | 10 | |
5963512599 | Golden Horde | One of the four great khanates into which the Mongol Empire was divided at the time of Chinggis Khan's death | 11 | |
5963512600 | Temujin | The name of Chinggis Khan as a youth | 12 | |
5963512601 | White Lotus Society | Secret religious sect dedicated to the overthrow of the House of Yuan | 13 | |
5963516575 | Battle of Kulikova | Victory by an alliance of Russian vassals that helped break the Mongol hold on Russia | 14 | |
5963519053 | Baibars | Commander of the Mamluk slave dynasty of Egypt that defeated the Mongols in 1260 | 15 | |
5963519054 | Karakorum | Capital of the Mongol Empire established by Chinggis Khan on the steppes | 16 | |
5963521280 | Ju Yuanzhang | Man from a poor peasant family who emerged to found the Ming Dynasty | 17 | |
5963521385 | Khagan | Supreme ruler of all Mongol tribes | 18 | |
5963523979 | Kubilai Khan | Grandson of Chinggis Khan, as ruler of China, he played a pivotal role in its history for almost 50 years | 19 | |
5963523980 | Ogedei | Elected Grand Khan after the death of Chinggis Khan and accordance to his wishes | 20 | |
5963523981 | Batu | Grandson of Chinggis Khan and heir of Jochi | 21 |