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| 5952923505 | kuriltai | meeting of all Mongol chieftans at which the supreme ruler of all tribes was selected | 0 | |
| 5952928981 | khagan | title of the supreme ruler of the Mongol tribes | 1 | |
| 5952931697 | tumens | basic fighting units of Mongol forces; made up of 10,000 cavalrymen divided into smaller units | 2 | |
| 5952937174 | Karakorum | capital of Mongol empire under Chinggis Khan | 3 | |
| 5952949747 | Batu | grandson of Chinggis Khan and ruler of Golden Horde; invaded Russia in 1236 | 4 | |
| 5952954371 | Ogedei | third son of Chinggis Khan; succeeded him as Mongol khagan | 5 | |
| 5952960163 | Golden Horde | one of four regional subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after the death of Chinggis Khan; conquered and ruled Russia during the 13th and 14th centuries | 6 | |
| 5952967817 | khanates | four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan | 7 | |
| 5952972025 | Battle of Kulikova | Russian victory over the forces of the Golden Horde; helped break Mongol hold over Russia | 8 | |
| 5952980999 | Prester John | a mythical Christian monarch whose kingdom supposedly had been cut off from Europe by Muslim conquests; some thought he was Chinggis Khan | 9 | |
| 5952995236 | Baibars | commander of Mamluk forces at Ain Jalut in 1260; originaly enslaved by Mongols and sold to Egyptians | 10 | |
| 5953004466 | Berke | ruler of the Golden Horde; converted to Islam; his threat to Hulegu combined with the growing power of Mamluks in Egypt forestalled further Mongol conquests in the Middle East | 11 | |
| 5953015002 | Kubilai Khan | Grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 | 12 | |
| 5953022757 | Dadu | Mongol capital of Yuan dynasty; present day Beijing | 13 | |
| 5953030211 | Chabi | influential wife of Kubilai Khan; demonstrated refusal of Mongol women to adopt restrictive social conventions of Confucian China | 14 | |
| 5953038142 | Romance of the West Chamber | famous Chinese dramatic work written during the Yuan period | 15 | |
| 5953043030 | White Lotus Society | secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of Yuan dynasty | 16 | |
| 5953047982 | Zhu Yuanzhang | Chinese peasant who led successful revolt against Yuan; founded Ming dynasty | 17 | |
| 5953053671 | Ming Dynasty | succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China | 18 | |
| 5953084161 | Timur-i Lang | last major nomad leader; 14th, known to the West as Tamerlane; century Turkic ruler of Samarkand; launched attacks in Persia, Fertile Crescent, India, southern Russia; empire disintegrated after his death in 1405 | 19 |
