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| 12052081664 | Mongols | A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia. | 0 | |
| 12052081665 | Khan | A Mongol ruler | 1 | |
| 12052081666 | Kuriltai | Meeting of all Mongol chieftains at which the supreme ruler of all tribes was selected | 2 | |
| 12052081667 | Ghengis Khan | The title of Temujin when he ruled the Mongols (1206-1227). It means the 'universal' leader. He was the founder of the Mongol Empire. | 3 | |
| 12052081668 | Jurchens | Founders of Qin kingdom that succeeded the Liao in northern China; annexed most of the Yellow River basin and forced Song to flee to south. | 4 | |
| 12052081669 | Khanites | Mongol empire was divided into 4 districts called these | 5 | |
| 12052081670 | Kara Khitai Empire | An empire which had actually been established by Mongolian empire, Chinggis Khan mongols swiftly attacked it and annexed it. | 6 | |
| 12052081671 | Khwarazm Empire | an islamic territory that Chinggis Khan directed his troops against | 7 | |
| 12052081672 | Pax Mongolica | The period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire. | 8 | |
| 12052081673 | Karakorum | Capital of the Mongol empire under Chinggis Khan, 1162 - 1227. | 9 | |
| 12052081674 | Tangut Empire | Genghis Khan died while fighting this empire, south of the Gobi Desert in 1227 | 10 | |
| 12052081675 | Ogodei | Successor and favorite son of Genghis Khan | 11 | |
| 12052081676 | Batu | ruler of the golden horde; one of Chinggis Khan's grandsons; responsible for the invasion of Russia beginning in 1236. | 12 | |
| 12052081677 | Sarai | The original name of Sarah | 13 | |
| 12052081678 | Golden Horde | Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. Also known as the Kipchak Horde. | 14 | |
| 12052081679 | Moscow | Current and former capitol of Russia | 15 | |
| 12052081680 | Battle of Kulikova | Russian army victory over the forces of the Golden Horde; helped break Mongol hold over Russia. | 16 | |
| 12052081681 | Hulegu | Grandson of Chinggis Khan and ruler of Ilkhan khanate; captured and destroyed Abbasid Baghdad. | 17 | |
| 12052081683 | Il-Khanate | Mongol rule in Persia deferred to local Persian authorities, who administered *whom* as long as they delivered taxes to the Mongols and maintained order? | 18 | |
| 12052081684 | Kublai Khan | (1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China. I | 19 | |
| 12052081685 | Yuan Dynasty | (1279-1368 CE) The dynasty with Mongol rule in China; centralized with bureaucracy but structure is different: Mongols on top->Persian bureaucrats->Chinese bureuacrats. | 20 | |
| 12052081686 | Dadu | Mongol capital of Yuan dynasty; present-day Beijing. | 21 | |
| 12052081687 | White Lotus Society | Secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of Yuan dynasty in China; typical of peasant resistance to Mongol rule | 22 | |
| 12052081688 | Zhu Yuanzhang | The given name of the Hongwu emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty | 23 | |
| 12052081689 | Ming Dynasty | Succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China. | 24 | |
| 12052081690 | Gobi Desert | a desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia, and a prime area for finding dinosaur fossils | 25 | |
| 12052081691 | Yurt | a portable dwelling used by the nomadic people of Centa Asia such as Mongols, consisting of a tentlike structure of skin, felt or hand-woven textiles arranged over wooden poles. | 26 | |
| 12052081692 | Tumens | Basic fighting units of the Mongol forces; consisted of 10,000 cavalrymen; each unit was further divided into units of 1000, 100 and 10. | 27 | |
| 12052081693 | siege weapons | weapons used to attack castles | 28 | |
| 12052081694 | The romance was that west chamber | A poem written by Wang Shifu during the golden period of the Yuan Dynasty | 29 | |
| 12052081695 | Marco Polo | Considered China to be very wealthy and prosperous after traveling there | 30 |
