AP World History Mongols Flashcards

8083835975	Ghengis Khan	The first great unifier and empire-builder of the Mongol people Tiltle bestowed upon him.	0
8083835976	Temujin	which was the Real name of Ghengis Khan 1167-1227	1
8083835977	Hulegu	Il-Khan of Persia and defeater of the Abbasid Dynasty	2
8083835978	Kipchak	Khanate of the Golden Horde (modern day western Russia)	3
8083835979	Yuan Dynasty	Chinese dynasty formed principally from Mongol conquerors	4
8083835986	Steppe	Geographical term for the great pasturelands of the Mongols which, through ill-suited for farming, were perfect for sustaining great herds. This is where Temujin was born	5
8083835987	Ogodai	Khan whose death may have spared Europe--the Mongol leaders were required to return to the East in the midst of European conquest	6
8083835988	Xiongnu	Predecessors to the Mongos (~200BCE-200CE); long troubled the development of China	7
8083835989	Beijing	Modern name for Khanbalik, the capital of the Yuan dynasty	8
8083835990	Bedouin	Desert dwelling Arabs	9
8083835991	Modun	Precursor to Ghengis Khan as unifier of the nomadic peoples north of the Yellow River	10
8083835992	Moscow	The center of Russian power moved here from Kiev under Mongol rule	11
8083835993	Kublai Khan	Khan whose rule of China was expansive and (relatively) enlightened; hosted Marco Polo	12
8083835994	Persia	Area where Mongol rule devastated the ecology; unlike most areas of the Empire, Mongols assimilated here, many converting to Islam	13
8083835996	Karakorum	Original capital of the Mongols	14
8083835999	Tolerant	Word which might describe the Mongol attitude towards the diverse religions encountered across their expansive empire	15
8083836001	Khan	"Leader"	16
8083836002	Pastoral	Peoples most focused on raising of herds, therefore they were often nomadic	17
8083836004	Yurt	What the Mongols lived in	18
8083836006	The bow	The Mongols' one/major technological contribution/innovation	19
8083836013	Mongolian Empire	Largest empire in world history.	20