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15669173999Northeast Asian SteppeEnvironment of the Mongols; semi-arid and grass-land nomadic people until Genghis Khan.0
15669203562Genghis (Chinggis) KhanFounder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire; came to power by uniting nomadic tribes in the Asian Steppe.1
15669322699Kublai KhanGrandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongolian-Chinese Yuan Dynasty.2
15669385164Golden Horde KhanateWestern part of the Mongol empire; extended into Russia, Ukraine, Kazakstan and Moldova.3
15669471037Batu Khanthe grandson of Genghis Khan who was a Khan in the Mongol empire and established the Golden Horde.4
15669510575IlkhanateSouthwestern part of Mongol empire; extended into most of Iran, Iraq, Armenia and Turkey.5
15669593809Chagatai KhanatePart of the Mongol empire in Central Asia between the Il-khanate in Persia & the Yuan Dynasty in China6
15669598970Yuan DynastyDynasty in China created by the Mongols; led by Kublai Khan7
15669767678Pax MongolicaThe period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire.8
15669791324Ortooadvanced postal system created by the Mongols,9
15690896789NomadA person who moves from place to place10
15690913890Pastoralistsnomads who tend herds of livestock on which they depend for most of their food11
15690917585Barbariana person who is considered uncivilized or primitive12

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