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Chapter 12 - Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200 - 1500 Flashcards

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20291507111. What did Mongol nomadic life look like?The mongols were pastoralists; learned to ride goats before walking public family decision making council with representatives led by a khan slaves and prisoners of war did menial work great tribute systems0
20291507122. What was the role of Mongol women in nomadic life?arranged marriages → political alliances; daughters = pawns of diplomacy wives manages empire interim if husbands died → had political power1
20291507133. What was the religion of the Mongols?multiple religions per family (mostly Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity); belief in shamanism2
20291507144. What is the khan and what is their role?universal ruler who could communicate with supernatural and dominated everyone3
20291507151. What did Genghis Khan take over?Tangut (northwest China), Beijing, most of Iran4
20291507162. What did the Great Khan conquer? Batu?Great Khan (Ogedei) = northern China; threatened southern Song Batu (grandson) = Kievan Russia, Moscow, Hungary, Poland5
20291507173. Who was emperor of the Yuan Empire?Kublai Khan established in 12716
20291507184. Why wasn't Japan taken over by the Mongols? What happened to Vietnam?They failed two sea invasions of Japan They took over Vietnam and made it a tribute nation7
20291507195. What made them such great warriors? What did they have to militarily help their cause?good riders, archers, good bows, strategy, lance/javelin/spears/mace, etc., siege, terror, catapults8
20291507206. How did trade affect the Mongols?silk and porcelain = luxury items; elite enjoyed luxury items but spread disease9
20291507217. How did the bubonic plague spread? What role did the Mongols have in this spread?spread through rats and fleas on Mongol supply trains through their exchanges10
20291507221. Where was the Il-khan Empire located?Iran, Mesopotamia, parts of Armenia, Azerbaijan11
20291507232. How did Islamic and Mongol culture clash?Muslims didn't like Mongol slaughtering or worshipping shaman idols12
20291507243. Did Mongols convert to Islam? Explainin the end, the Il-Khan ruler converted to Islam; there were Il-Khan Muslims13
20291507254. How did Europeans negotiate the new found rulers in an area very close to them? (compromise? Make friends with them? Etc)Christians worked with non-Muslim Il-Khans to expel Golden Horde; collaborated14
20291507265. Where Mongols Sunni or Shiite?unclear whether they were sunni or shiite15
20291507276. What did Mongols do to get $ from their subjects?tax farming → failed → paper money → inflation16
20291507287. What happened to the production of agriculture under Mongol rule?decline in agricultural productivity → couldn't support army → tax banks shrank17
20291507298. Who was Timur? Where did he conquer? What happened after his death?Timur (not Mongol) big time ruler of Central Asian Khanate of Jagadai → took Muslim sultanate in northern India and crushed Ottoman empire but descendants couldn't hold it together after he died18
20291507309. When did the Il-Khan empire fall?around 1405 when Timur died19
202915073110. What culture "greats" occurred while the Mongols dominated Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia? Intellectual achievements?historians (rashid al din, juivani), astronomy: observatories, eclipse predictions, astrolabes, math: algebra and trig, Nasir al din Tusi = science, cosmology, calendars, decimal notation : pi20
202915073211. What was the contribution of Rashid al Din? Ibn Khaldun? Nasir al-Din Tusi?first history of the world; history and sociology; wrote on history, religion, math, cosmology, ethics21
20291507331. How was Russia broken up into different Mongol empires?lost unity → broke into several smaller khanates22
20291507342. How did the Orthodox Church and Mongols get along? Explaingave Orthodox church some privileges23
20291507353. How did Russia maintain a strong culture under Mongol rule?language: Old Slavic language revived but Russian language = dominant!24
20291507364. What economic crisis occurred in Russia under Mongol rule?gold and silver flow → depleted economy → paper money → crisis25
20291507375. Why did prince Nevskii submit to the Mongols?so that the Mongols would favor Moscow → became cultural and economic centers26
20291507386. How did Russia suffer from the "Mongol Yoke"?held Russians back, but Russians weren't moving in the first place27
20291507397. What problems were occurring in Russia that had nothing to do with the Mongols?burdensome taxes, struggle for power internally among princes, isolation from western Europe28
20291507408. Politically, how was Russia ruled after the Mongols left?more of an autocracy with the title of tsar29
20291507411. What areas in Eastern Europe (beside Russia) were taken over by the Mongols?Anatolia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, etc.30
20291507422. Who were the Teutonic Knights? What marked the end of the northern crusades? What do the events of the TK have to do with the Mongols?Christian knights who wanted to Christianize population; crusades ended when knights were destroyed; allied with Finnish to fight against Mongols and Nevskii31
20291507433. About 50 years after the Mongols began conquering various areas, who else might have been part of the Mongol army?Turks, Chinese, Iranians, Europeans32
20291507444. What did Europeans learn from the Mongols?diplomatic passports, coal mining, movable type, metallurgy, math, gunpowder, bronze cannon33
20291507455. What was King Stephen's contribution to empire building during this time period?effective leader of Serbia → turned Serbia into an independent patriarch34
20291507466. What group established the Ottoman Empire?Turkish nomads' descendants in Anatolia35
20291507477. What groups became more powerful as the Mongol leadership deteriorated?Ottoman sultans, and rulers of Lithuania and Serbia36
20291507481. What benefits did China experience under Mongol rule?secure trade routes, exchange of efforts, transmission of goods and skills37
20291507492. How did the Mongols integrate Confucian philosophy? Buddhism?used Confucian conventions and ideas; Buddhist lamas were encouraged38
20291507503. Describe Beijing during the Yuan Empire.center of economy and culture; end of all trade routes, lots of character39
20291507514. How did social status change in China with the rule of the Mongols? Political organization?Chinese were at the bottom of the hierarchy; looked up at merchants and doctors divided into provinces with central governors; stressed tax collecting and the census40
20291507525. What cities and what groups of people thrived during the Yuan Empire?merchants thrived; centers of commerce thrived41
20291507536. Economically, why was the Yuan empire a bit of a mess?decline in agricultural productivity → depletion → paper money → fail → copper → shortage → copper more valuable than gold...42
20291507547. According to the text, did the Mongol rule of China lead to great benefits or more hardships?good for elite in cities; bad for people in countryside43
20291507558. When and what contributed to the fall of the Yuan Empire?1368: plague, infanticide, floods, refugees, population shrunk 40%44
20291507561. How did the Ming Empire come into power after the Yuan Empire?Hongwu took out rivals and established Ming empire-- moved capital to Nanjing45
20291507572. What contributions did Yongle make as emperor?returned capital back to Beijing, improved Forbidden city, explored maritime connections46
20291507583. What were the accomplishments of Zheng He? (This was a really big deal!)went on naval expeditions, was Muslim → easy to travel to Muslim places, collected taxes, added fifty new tributary states47
20291507594. What changes occurred during the Ming Empire in regards to technology, agriculture, and population growth?government limited mining → decline in bronze and steel for weaponry and tools; few technological advanced (seafaring, printing, etc.), no new agricultural technology48
20291507605. List and briefly explain 3 achievements during the Ming Empire.wrote novels, porcelain = great luxury item, gunpowder49
20291507611. How did the Mongols take over Korea?attacked and in 1258 after 20 years killed Koryo commander → Koryo kings surrendered50
20291507622. How did Korean leadership adapt to Mongol rule? (be able to give examples)were mostly Mongol descent, adopted Mongol dress, culture, language, etc.51
20291507633. Since Korea was now less isolated, what changes occurred in Korea?cotton → cash crop; scholar opportunities, falconry and grazing, military garrison techniques52
20291507644. How was Korean printing different from Chinese woodblock print?more illiterate → few texts and were hard to read53
20291507655. What changes did cotton bring to Korea?accepted as tax payment; used in uniforms, elite fabric, girls spun and wove it54
20291507666. How did Korean's use gunpowder?mounted cannon ships against pirates → formidable defensive force55
20291507671. Why couldn't the Mongols conquer Japan?tried several times, ultimately coastal defenses and kamikaze drove them back/sunk them56
20291507682. Why did the Japanese make changes during this time period? What were they? How did they affect Japanese economy, military and political unity?made changes in prep for Mongol attack (built coastal defenses, developed national and military infrastructure, etc.), unified Japan against Mongols57
20291507693. What were the technological and artistic innovations during this time?Zen Buddhism introduced, water wheels, plows, Champa rice, market towns, religious institutions, schools, performances, landscape art58
20291507704. Did the Mongol domination in a large portion of the world, hurt or help the Japan?fall of Yuan → resumed overseas trade, lots of commerce, sometimes piracy59
20291507711. What was the relationship between Annam and Champa?Annam and Champa = 2 parts of Vietnam; influenced by China and India (respectively), fall of Yuan → fought with each other → ultimately Annam beat Champa60
20291507722. How does Vietnam (what was still called Annam) emerge?beat Champa in civil war → Confucian bureaucratic state with exam system and legal code61

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