5465205715 | Ghengis Khan | The first great unifier and empire-builder of the Mongol people | 0 | |
5465205716 | Temujin | Real name of Ghengis Khan | 1 | |
5465205717 | Hulegu | Il-Khan of Persia and defeater of the Abbasid Dynasty | 2 | |
5465205718 | Kipchak | Khanate of the Golden Horde (modern day western Russia) | 3 | |
5465205719 | Yuan Dynasty | Chinese dynasty formed principally from Mongol conquerors | 4 | |
5465205720 | Ghazan | Ruler of the Persian Khanate who converted to Islam and attempted to undo some of the ecological and relational damage of previous Mongol rulers | 5 | |
5465205721 | Battle of Ain Jalut (1260) | Battle where the Egyptian Mamluks defeated the expanding Mongols | 6 | |
5465205722 | Attila the Hun | Leader 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 century | 7 | |
5465205723 | Four | Number of Khanates formed after the death of Ghengis Khan | 8 | |
5465205724 | Pandemic | (Disease) Prevalent over a large geographical area | 9 | |
5465205725 | Kaghan | Turkic ruler; later became Sultan after the conversion to Islam | 10 | |
5465205726 | Steppe | Geographical term for the great pasturelands of the Mongols which, through ill-suited for farming, were perfect for sustaining great herds | 11 | |
5465205727 | Ogodai | Khan whose death may have spared Europe--the Mongol leaders were required to return to the East in the midst of European conquest | 12 | |
5465205728 | Xiongnu | Predecessors to the Mongos (~200BCE-200CE); long troubled the development of China | 13 | |
5465205729 | Beijing | Modern name for Khanbalik, the capital of the Yuan dynasty | 14 | |
5465205730 | Bedouin | Desert dwelling Arabs | 15 | |
5465205731 | Modun | Precursor to Ghengis Khan as unifier of the nomadic peoples north of the Yellow River | 16 | |
5465205732 | Moscow | The center of Russian power moved here from Kiev under Mongol rule | 17 | |
5465205733 | Kublai Khan | Khan whose rule of China was expansive and (relatively) enlightened; hosted Marco Polo | 18 | |
5465205734 | Persia | Area where Mongol rule devastated the ecology; unlike most areas of the Empire, Mongols assimilated here, many converting to Islam | 19 | |
5465205735 | Han Dynasty | Chinese dynasty most affected by teh Xiongnu | 20 | |
5465205736 | Karakorum | Original capital of the Mongols | 21 | |
5465205737 | Kamikaze | Legend of what saved Japan from Mongol invasion | 22 | |
5465205738 | Almoravid Empire | Muslim empire of Northwest Africa and the Iberian peninsula | 23 | |
5465205739 | Tolerant | Word which might describe the Mongol attitude towards the diverse religions encountered across their expansive empire | 24 | |
5465205740 | Ivan the Great | Russian leader who expelled Mongol rule | 25 | |
5465205741 | Khan | "Leader" | 26 | |
5465205742 | Pastoral | Peoples most focused on raising of herds, therefore they were often nomadic | 27 | |
5465205743 | Tengri | Thunder God, God of the sky; most important god of the Mongols' shamanistic religion | 28 | |
5465205744 | Yurt | What the Mongols lived in | 29 | |
5465205745 | Yogurt | What the Mongols drank | 30 | |
5465205746 | The bow | The Mongols' one/major technological contribution/innovation | 31 | |
5465205747 | Kumiss | Mongol alcoholic drink from animal products by fermenting mare's milk into a potent concociton | 32 | |
5465205748 | Chaghatai | One of Ghengis Khan's sons; his descendants ruled the khanate of Chaghatai in central Asia | 33 | |
5465205749 | Quriltai | Assembly in Mongolia in which a new khan is elected | 34 | |
5465205750 | Moscow | 35 |
AP World History Mongols Flashcards
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