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101833270Mongolsthe Tang Empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia. >(p. 325)0
101833271Genghis KhanA Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia. (1206-1227)1
101833272Keys to his Success for Genghis KhanCavalry and compound, keep useful people alive, religious toleration,silk roads revival2
101833273Pax MongolicaEra of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire, the alleged stabilizing effects of the conquest of the Mongol Empire on the social, cultural and economic life of the inhabitants of the vast Eurasian territory they conquered in the 13th and 14th centuries...also can be called "Mongol Peace"3
101833274Death of Genghis Khan---1227Empire disovles into 4 parts: Yuan Dynasty (China), Kanate of Chaghaddai (Central Asia), Golden Horde (Russia), 2 Kharate (Islamic Area)4
101833275Fallout in PersiaMongols never left they simply ASSIMILATED and became Muslims5
101833276Fallout in RussiaMongols gone by the 13th century, strengthened Orthodox church, princes, and Moscow as a new city,6
101852969Gurlived in a house7
101852970Fallout in Yuan DynastyInter-Mongol fighting, Inflation,Ethic cleansing,Plague(1338), Taxing farmers-Peasant Rebellions, Out of China by 13688
1018529712 BIG REASONS WHY THE MONGOLS LEFTPlague and Peasant Rebellions9
101852972Ming Dynastyruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, 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.10
101852973Zhu Yanzhang1st Self-declared founding emperor of a new Ming (Bright) dynasty and assumed the reign title of Ming Hongwu (Ming Hung Wu, or Ming Martial Emperor); lead the massive peasant rebellion of 136811
101852974Ming Dynasty focus's onagricultural reform ( grain storage)12
101852975Taxes on land were....LOW (yay peasants)13
101852976Yellow river had ___ that maintained waterRiver Dikes14
101852977Massive Armydefended the mongols invasions15
101852978Mongols= Inward PoliciesBanned overseas voyages, capital moved to Nanjug, no focus on trade (anti-merchant), mongol dress discarded and there buildings16

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