5908210467 | Kuriltal | Meeting of all mongol chieftains at which the supreme ruler of al tribes was selected | 0 | |
5908210468 | Khagan | Title of the supreme ruler of the Mongol tribes | 1 | |
5908210469 | Tumens | Basic fighting units of the Mongol forces; consisted of 10,000 cavalrymen; each unit was further divided into units of 1000, 100, 10 | 2 | |
5908210470 | Karakorum | Capital of the mongol empire under genghis khan, 1162 to 1227 | 3 | |
5908210471 | Batu | Ruler of Golden Horde; one of Genghis' grandsons; responsible for invasion of Russia beginning in 1236 | 4 | |
5908210472 | Ogedei | Third son of Genghis; succeeded Genghis as khagan of the Mongols following his father's death | 5 | |
5908210473 | Khanates | Four regional mogol kingdoms that arose following the death of Genghis | 6 | |
5908210474 | Battle of Kulkova | Russian army victory over the forces of the golden horde, helped break mongol hold over russia | 7 | |
5908210475 | Golden Horde | one of the four sub divisions of the mongol Empire after genghis' death; originally ruled by his grandson Batu; territory covered much of what is today south central Russia | 8 | |
5908210476 | Chabi | Influential wife of kublai khan; promoted interests of Buddhists in China; indicative of refusal of mongol women to adopt restrictive social conventions of chinese; died 1281 | 9 | |
5908210477 | Romance of the west chamber | Chnese drama written during the Yuan period; indicative of the continued literary vitality of china during mongol rule | 10 | |
5913356942 | White lotus society | Secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of yuan dynasty in china; typical of peasant resistance to mongol rule | 11 | |
5913356943 | Zhou Yuanziang | The given name of the Hongwu emperor; the founder of the Ming dynasty | 12 | |
5913356944 | Ming Dynasty | Succeeded mongol yuan dynasty in china in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions in southern asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within china | 13 | |
5913356945 | Timer - I Lang | Also known as tamerlane; leader of Turkic nomads; beginning in 1360s from base at Samarkand, launched series of attacks in Persia, Fertile Cresent, India, and southern russia; empire distinguished after his death in 1405 | 14 |
AP World History: Mongols Flashcards
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