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3777177550Ghengis KhanThe first great unifier and empire-builder of the Mongol people0
3777182711TemujinReal name of Ghengis Khan1
3777186213HuleguIl-Khan of Persia and defeater of the Abbasid Dynasty2
3777190659KipchakKhanate of the Golden Horde (modern day western Russia)3
3777204849Yuan DynastyChinese dynasty formed principally from Mongol conquerors4
3777209521GhazanRuler of the Persian Khanate who converted to Islam and attempted to undo some of the ecological and relational damage of previous Mongol rulers5
3777215291Battle of Ain Jalut (1260)Battle where the Egyptian Mamluks defeated the expanding Mongols6
3777218684Attila the HunLeader of the Huns, which might have been an offshoot of the Xiongnu peoples and whose Empire stretched from the Germanic states to the Caspian Sea in the 5th century7
3777225966FourNumber of Khanates formed after the death of Ghengis Khan8
3777231069Pandemic(Disease) Prevalent over a large geographical area9
3777232949KaghanTurkic ruler; later became Sultan after the conversion to Islam10
3777235272SteppeGeographical term for the great pasturelands of the Mongols which, through ill-suited for farming, were perfect for sustaining great herds11
3777239101OgodaiKhan whose death may have spared Europe--the Mongol leaders were required to return to the East in the midst of European conquest12
3777251144XiongnuPredecessors to the Mongos (~200BCE-200CE); long troubled the development of China13
3777255711BeijingModern name for Khanbalik, the capital of the Yuan dynasty14
3777261471BedouinDesert dwelling Arabs15
3777263051ModunPrecursor to Ghengis Khan as unifier of the nomadic peoples north of the Yellow River16
3777269894MoscowThe center of Russian power moved here from Kiev under Mongol rule17
3777271393Kublai KhanKhan whose rule of China was expansive and (relatively) enlightened; hosted Marco Polo18
3777274241PersiaArea where Mongol rule devastated the ecology; unlike most areas of the Empire, Mongols assimilated here, many converting to Islam19
3777303665Han DynastyChinese dynasty most affected by teh Xiongnu20
3777306837KarakorumOriginal capital of the Mongols21
3777310203KamikazeLegend of what saved Japan from Mongol invasion22
3777313371Almoravid EmpireMuslim empire of Northwest Africa and the Iberian peninsula23
3777314896TolerantWord which might describe the Mongol attitude towards the diverse religions encountered across their expansive empire24
3777321033Ivan the GreatRussian leader who expelled Mongol rule25
3777322745Khan"Leader"26
3777322746PastoralPeoples most focused on raising of herds, therefore they were often nomadic27
3777458210TengriThunder God, God of the sky; most important god of the Mongols' shamanistic religion28
3777465350YurtWhat the Mongols lived in29
3777466997YogurtWhat the Mongols drank30
3777477925The bowThe Mongols' one/major technological contribution/innovation31
3777503270KumissMongol alcoholic drink from animal products by fermenting mare's milk into a potent concociton32
3777692788ChaghataiOne of Ghengis Khan's sons; his descendants ruled the khanate of Chaghatai in central Asia33
3777794607QuriltaiAssembly in Mongolia in which a new khan is elected34
3777265993Moscow35

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