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259070711Yurtstents used by nomadic Turkish and mongol tribes0
259070712Shamansreligious specialists who possessed supernatural powers and who communicated with the gods and the spirits of nature. Turkish religion focused around them1
259070713SalijugsTurkish tribes that gained control over the Abbasid empire and fought with the Byzantine empire2
259070714Khan-RULER-rarely ruled directly, but ruled through the leaders of allied tribes.3
259070715SultanThe Sulijug leader -CHIEFTAIN or RULER-4
259070716Manzikertthe site of a crushing and demoralizing defeat of Byzantine forces led by the emperor5
259070717Genghis KhanChinggis Khan- Ruler who made aliances with other leaders. Brought all the Mongol tribes together into one great nation.6
259070718TemüjinChinggis Khan7
259070719KarakorumChinggis Khans capital or the Mongol empire8
259070720Khanbaliq"city of the khan" mongol capital in china9
259070721How many regions did mongol empire divide into after chinggis death?four10
259070722Khubilai KhanGenghis Khan's grandson, perhaps one of mongol empires greatest rulers, spread rule into all of china. Generous.11
259070723Buddhism, but was tolerant of others alsoKhubilai supported what religion?12
259070724kamikaze-DIVINE WINDS- Japanese defenders contributed win to this.13
259070725The Golden HordeA group of mongols, Khubilai's cousins and brothers, who controlled mongol in the east. Russia to west europe. Eventually fled to China14
259070726The Ilkhanate of PersiaHülegü, Khubilai's brother taking Mongol rule in Persia. More conquers than governors and lost control eventually.15
259070727Guillaume Bouchergoldsmith captured by Mongol empire and technically a slave, but he worked as a goldsmith in Mongol capital city, Karakorum16
259070728KumissAlcoholic drink from animal products by fermenting mare's milk into a potent concoction17
259070729TurkishPeople who never formed a single, homogeneous group but rather organized into clans and tribes that were all rivals. Animals played a large part in their life style.18
259070730Bubonic Plague-BLACK DEATH- Killed 1/3 of Europe's population. Started in Southwestern China. Epidemic disease.19
259070731Ottoman EmpirePowerful turkish empire that lasted from the conquest of Constantinople until 1918 and reached its peak during the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent.20
259070732Yuan dynastyChinese dynasty that was founded by the Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan21

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