chapter 14 Flashcards

102010743	kuriltai	meeting of all mongol chieftains at which the supreme ruler of all tribes was selected	0
102010744	khagan	title of the supreme ruler of the mongol tribes	1
102010745	tumens	basic fighting units of the mongol forces; consisted of 10,000 cavalrymen; each unit was farther divided into units of 1000,100,10	2
102010746	karakorum	capital of the mongol empire under chingggis khan, 1162-1227	3
102010747	chinggis khan	born in 1170s in decades following death of kabul khan; elected khagan of all mongol tribes in 1206; responsible for conquest of northern kingdoms of china; territories as far west as the abbasid regions; died in 1227, prior to conquest of most of islamic world	4
102010748	batu	ruler of golden horde; one of chinggis khan's grandsons; responsible for invasion of russia beginning in 1236	5
102010749	ogedei	the third son of chinggis khan; succeeded chinggis khan as khagan of the mongols following his father's death	6
102010750	golden horde	one of the four subdivisions of the mongol empire after chinggis khan's death, originally ruled by his grandson batu; territory covered much of what is today south central asia	7
102010751	khanates	four regional mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of chinggis khan	8
102010752	prestor john	in legends popular from 12th to 17th century, a mythical christian whose kingdom was cut off from europe by muslim conquests; chinggis khan was originally believed to be this mythical ruler	9
102010753	kubilai khan	grandson of chinggis khan; commander of mongol forces responsible for conquest of china; became khagan in 1260; established sinicized mongo yuan dynasty in china in 1271	10
102010754	hulegu	ruler of the ilkhan khanate; grandson of chinggis khan; responsible for capture and destruction of baghdad in 1257	11
102010755	tatu	mongol capital of yuan dynasy; present day beijing	12
102010756	chabi	influential wife of kubilai khan; promoted interests of buddhists in china; indicative of refusal of mongol women to adopt restrictive social conventions of chinese; died 1281	13
102010757	the romance of the west chamber	the most famous dramatic work written in the yuan period	14
102010758	white lotus society	secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of yuan dynasty in china; typical of peasant resistance to mongol rule	15
102010759	ju yuanzhang	chinese peasant who led successful revolt against yuan; founded ming dynasty	16
102010760	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	17
102010761	timur-l lang	also known as tamerlane; leader of turkic nomads; beginning in 1360s from base at samarkand, launched series of attacks in persia, the fertile crescent, india, and southern russia; empire disintegrated after his death in 1405	18