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5465205715Ghengis KhanThe first great unifier and empire-builder of the Mongol people0
5465205716TemujinReal name of Ghengis Khan1
5465205717HuleguIl-Khan of Persia and defeater of the Abbasid Dynasty2
5465205718KipchakKhanate of the Golden Horde (modern day western Russia)3
5465205719Yuan DynastyChinese dynasty formed principally from Mongol conquerors4
5465205720GhazanRuler of the Persian Khanate who converted to Islam and attempted to undo some of the ecological and relational damage of previous Mongol rulers5
5465205721Battle of Ain Jalut (1260)Battle where the Egyptian Mamluks defeated the expanding Mongols6
5465205722Attila 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
5465205723FourNumber of Khanates formed after the death of Ghengis Khan8
5465205724Pandemic(Disease) Prevalent over a large geographical area9
5465205725KaghanTurkic ruler; later became Sultan after the conversion to Islam10
5465205726SteppeGeographical term for the great pasturelands of the Mongols which, through ill-suited for farming, were perfect for sustaining great herds11
5465205727OgodaiKhan whose death may have spared Europe--the Mongol leaders were required to return to the East in the midst of European conquest12
5465205728XiongnuPredecessors to the Mongos (~200BCE-200CE); long troubled the development of China13
5465205729BeijingModern name for Khanbalik, the capital of the Yuan dynasty14
5465205730BedouinDesert dwelling Arabs15
5465205731ModunPrecursor to Ghengis Khan as unifier of the nomadic peoples north of the Yellow River16
5465205732MoscowThe center of Russian power moved here from Kiev under Mongol rule17
5465205733Kublai KhanKhan whose rule of China was expansive and (relatively) enlightened; hosted Marco Polo18
5465205734PersiaArea where Mongol rule devastated the ecology; unlike most areas of the Empire, Mongols assimilated here, many converting to Islam19
5465205735Han DynastyChinese dynasty most affected by teh Xiongnu20
5465205736KarakorumOriginal capital of the Mongols21
5465205737KamikazeLegend of what saved Japan from Mongol invasion22
5465205738Almoravid EmpireMuslim empire of Northwest Africa and the Iberian peninsula23
5465205739TolerantWord which might describe the Mongol attitude towards the diverse religions encountered across their expansive empire24
5465205740Ivan the GreatRussian leader who expelled Mongol rule25
5465205741Khan"Leader"26
5465205742PastoralPeoples most focused on raising of herds, therefore they were often nomadic27
5465205743TengriThunder God, God of the sky; most important god of the Mongols' shamanistic religion28
5465205744YurtWhat the Mongols lived in29
5465205745YogurtWhat the Mongols drank30
5465205746The bowThe Mongols' one/major technological contribution/innovation31
5465205747KumissMongol alcoholic drink from animal products by fermenting mare's milk into a potent concociton32
5465205748ChaghataiOne of Ghengis Khan's sons; his descendants ruled the khanate of Chaghatai in central Asia33
5465205749QuriltaiAssembly in Mongolia in which a new khan is elected34
5465205750Moscow35

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