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6489011704Ghengis KhanThe first great unifier and empire-builder of the Mongol people Tiltle bestowed upon him.0
6489011705Temujinwhich was the Real name of Ghengis Khan 1167-12271
6489011706HuleguIl-Khan of Persia and defeater of the Abbasid Dynasty2
6489011707KipchakKhanate of the Golden Horde (modern day western Russia)3
6489011708Yuan DynastyChinese dynasty formed principally from Mongol conquerors4
6489011709GhazanRuler of the Persian Khanate who converted to Islam and attempted to undo some of the ecological and relational damage of previous Mongol rulers5
6489011710Battle of Ain Jalut (1260)Battle where the Egyptian Mamluks defeated the expanding Mongols6
6489011711Attila 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
6489011712FourNumber of Khanates formed after the death of Ghengis Khan8
6489011713Pandemic(Disease) Prevalent over a large geographical area9
6489011714KaghanTurkic ruler; later became Sultan after the conversion to Islam10
6489011715SteppeGeographical term for the great pasturelands of the Mongols which, through ill-suited for farming, were perfect for sustaining great herds. This is where Temujin was born11
6489011716OgodaiKhan whose death may have spared Europe--the Mongol leaders were required to return to the East in the midst of European conquest12
6489011717XiongnuPredecessors to the Mongos (~200BCE-200CE); long troubled the development of China13
6489011718BeijingModern name for Khanbalik, the capital of the Yuan dynasty14
6489011719BedouinDesert dwelling Arabs15
6489011720ModunPrecursor to Ghengis Khan as unifier of the nomadic peoples north of the Yellow River16
6489011721MoscowThe center of Russian power moved here from Kiev under Mongol rule17
6489011722Kublai KhanKhan whose rule of China was expansive and (relatively) enlightened; hosted Marco Polo18
6489011723PersiaArea where Mongol rule devastated the ecology; unlike most areas of the Empire, Mongols assimilated here, many converting to Islam19
6489011724Han DynastyChinese dynasty most affected by teh Xiongnu20
6489011725KarakorumOriginal capital of the Mongols21
6489011726KamikazeLegend of what saved Japan from Mongol invasion22
6489011727Almoravid EmpireMuslim empire of Northwest Africa and the Iberian peninsula23
6489011728TolerantWord which might describe the Mongol attitude towards the diverse religions encountered across their expansive empire24
6489011729Ivan the GreatRussian leader who expelled Mongol rule25
6489011730Khan"Leader"26
6489011731PastoralPeoples most focused on raising of herds, therefore they were often nomadic27
6489011732TengriThunder God, God of the sky; most important god of the Mongols' shamanistic religion28
6489011733YurtWhat the Mongols lived in29
6489011734YogurtWhat the Mongols drank30
6489011735The bowThe Mongols' one/major technological contribution/innovation31
6489011736KumissMongol alcoholic drink from animal products by fermenting mare's milk into a potent concociton32
6489011737ChaghataiOne of Ghengis Khan's sons; his descendants ruled the khanate of Chaghatai in central Asia also took Korea33
6489011738QuriltaiAssembly in Mongolia in which a new khan is elected34
6489011739TumenUnits of 10,000 soldiers35
6489073645YasaMongol code of law which regulated: taxes, no private matters, Murder:treason, unity and loyalty.36
6489236995Empire of KhwarezmLed by Ala Al-Din Muhammad Empire which Ghengis Khan obliterated.37
6489404208Mongolian EmpireLargest empire in world history.38

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