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Chapter 14 Vocab World Civilizations The Global Experience (AP & 6th Edition) Flashcards

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5522255856KuriltaiMeeting of the Mongol Chieftains at which the supreme ruler of all tribes was selected.0
5522255857KhaganTitle of the supreme ruler of all the Mongol tribes.1
5522255858TumensBasic fighting units of the Mongol forces; consisted of 10,000 cavalrymen; each unit was further divided into units of 1000, 100, & 10.2
5522255859KarakorumCapital of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan, 1162 to 1227.3
5522255860BatuRuler of golden Horde; one of the Genghis Khan's grandsons; responsible for the invasion of Russia beginning in at 12:36.4
5522255861Ogedei(1186 - 1241) Third son of Genghis Khan; succeeded Genghis Khan as Khagan of the Mongols following his father's death.5
5522255862Golden HordeOne of the four subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan's death, originally ruled by his grandson Batu; territory covered much of what is today South Central Russia.6
5522255863KhanatesFour Regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Genghis Khan.7
5522255864Battle of KulikovaRussian army victory over the forces of the Golden Horde; help break Mongo hold over Russia.8
5522255865Prester, JohnIn Legends popular from 1100s to 1600s, a mythical Christian Monarch whose kingdom was cut off from Europe by Muslim conquests; Genghis Khan was originally believed to be this mythical ruler.9
5522255866Bailbars(1223 - 1277) Commander of the forces at Ain Jalut in 1260; originally enslaved by Mongols and sold to Egyptians.10
5522255867Berke(1257 - 1266) A ruler of the Golden Horde; his threats to Hulagu combined with the growing power of the Mamluks in Egypt forestalled further Mongol conquest in the Middle East.11
5522255868Kubilai Khan(1215 - 1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan; commander of Mongol forces responsible for conquest of China; became khagan in 1260; established synchronized Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1271.12
5522255869DaduPresent-day Beijing; so cold when Kubilai Khan ruled China13
5522255870ChabiInfluential wife of Kubilai Khan; promoted interests of Buddhists in China; end dictating of refusal of Mongol women to adopt restrictive social conventions of Chinese; died approximately 1281.14
5522255871Romance of West ChamberChinese novel written during the Yaun Period; indicative of the continuing literal vitality of Chinese during Mongol rule.15
5522255872White Lotus SocietySecret religious Society dedicated to the overthrowing of the Yuan dynasty in China; typical of peasant resistance to Mongol rule.16
5522255873Yuanzhang, Zhuthe given name of Hongwu emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty.17
5522255874Ming dynastySucceeded 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.18
5522255875Timur-i Langalso known as Tamerlane; leader of Turkic nomads; beginning in 1360 from base at Samarkand, launch series of attacks in Persia, the Fertile Crescent, India, and Southern Russia; Empire disintegrated after his death in 1405.19

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