Chapter 14 Flashcards

96270621	kuriltai	meeting of all Mongol chieftains where supreme ruler of all tribes was selected	0
96270622	khagan	title of supreme ruler of the Mongol tribes	1
96270623	tumens	basic fighting units of Mongol forces had 10,000 cavalrymen each unit further divided into units of 1000, 100, 10	2
96270624	Karakorum	capital of Mongol Empire under Chinggis Khan, 1162-1227	3
96270625	Batu	ruled Golden Horde one of Chinggis Khan's grandsons invaded Russia starting in 1236	4
96270626	Ogedei	1186-1241 3rd son of Chinggis Khan succeeded Chinggis Khan as khagan of Mongols after dad died	5
96270627	Golden Horde	1 of 4 subdivisions of Mongol Empire after Chinggis Khan died originally ruled by his grandson Batu territory covered a lot of today's S central Russia	6
96270628	khanates	4 regional Mongol kindom arose after Chinggis Khan died	7
96270629	Battle of Kulikova	Russian army victory over forces of Golden Horde helped break hold over Russia	8
96270630	Prester John	in legends popular from 12-17 centuries a mythical Christian monarch whose kindom was cut off from Europe by Muslim conquests Chinggis Khan originally believed to be this mythical ruler	9
96270631	Baibars	1223-1277 commanded Mamluk forces at Ain Jalut in 1260 originally enslaved by Mongols and sold to Egyptians	10
96270632	Berke	1257-1266 a ruler of Golden Horde converted to Islam his threat to Hulega & growing power of Mamluks in Egypt forestalled further Mongol conquests in Middle East	11
96270633	Kubilai Khan	Chinggis Khan's grandson Mongol forces commander conquered China became khagan in 1260 est. Sinicezed Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in1271	12
96270634	Tatu	Mongol capital of Yuan dynasty Beijing today	13
96270635	Chabi	Kublai Khan's influential wife promoted interests of Buddhists in China indicated refusal of Mongol women adopting restrictive social conventions of Chinese died around 1281	14
96270636	The Romance of the West Chamber	Chinese novel written in Yuan period indicated continued literary vitality in China during Mongol rule	15
96270637	White Lotus Society	secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of Yuan dynasty in China typical of peasant resistance to Mongol rule	16
96270638	Ju Yuanzhang	1368-1398 Chinese peasant who led successful revolt against Yuan founded Ming dynasty	17
96270639	Ming dynasty	succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368 lasted 'til 1644 at first mounted huge trade expeditions to S Asia and elsewhere later concentrated efforts on internal development within China	18
96270640	Timur-i Lang	aka Tamerland led Turkic nomads started in 1360s from base at Samarkand launched series of attacks in Persia, Fertile Crescent, India, S Russia empire disintegrated after he died in 1405	19