AP World History Chapter 15 Flashcards

5952923505	kuriltai	meeting of all Mongol chieftans at which the supreme ruler of all tribes was selected	0
5952928981	khagan	title of the supreme ruler of the Mongol tribes	1
5952931697	tumens	basic fighting units of Mongol forces; made up of 10,000 cavalrymen divided into smaller units	2
5952937174	Karakorum	capital of Mongol empire under Chinggis Khan	3
5952949747	Batu	grandson of Chinggis Khan and ruler of Golden Horde; invaded Russia in 1236	4
5952954371	Ogedei	third son of Chinggis Khan; succeeded him as Mongol khagan	5
5952960163	Golden Horde	one of four regional subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after the death of Chinggis Khan; conquered and ruled Russia during the 13th and 14th centuries	6
5952967817	khanates	four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan	7
5952972025	Battle of Kulikova	Russian victory over the forces of the Golden Horde; helped break Mongol hold over Russia	8
5952980999	Prester John	a mythical Christian monarch whose kingdom supposedly had been cut off from Europe by Muslim conquests; some thought he was Chinggis Khan	9
5952995236	Baibars	commander of Mamluk forces at Ain Jalut in 1260; originaly enslaved by Mongols and sold to Egyptians	10
5953004466	Berke	ruler of the Golden Horde; converted to Islam; his threat to Hulegu combined with the growing power of Mamluks in Egypt forestalled further Mongol conquests in the Middle East	11
5953015002	Kubilai Khan	Grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271	12
5953022757	Dadu	Mongol capital of Yuan dynasty; present day Beijing	13
5953030211	Chabi	influential wife of Kubilai Khan; demonstrated refusal of Mongol women to adopt restrictive social conventions of Confucian China	14
5953038142	Romance of the West Chamber	famous Chinese dramatic work written during the Yuan period	15
5953043030	White Lotus Society	secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of Yuan dynasty	16
5953047982	Zhu Yuanzhang	Chinese peasant who led successful revolt against Yuan; founded Ming dynasty	17
5953053671	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	18
5953084161	Timur-i Lang	last major nomad leader; 14th, known to the West as Tamerlane; century Turkic ruler of Samarkand; launched attacks in Persia, Fertile Crescent, India, southern Russia; empire disintegrated after his death in 1405	19