AP World History Mongols Flashcards

8479917511	Ghengis Khan	The first great unifier and empire-builder of the Mongol people Tiltle bestowed upon him.	0
8479917512	Temujin	which was the Real name of Ghengis Khan 1167-1227	1
8479917513	Hulegu	Il-Khan of Persia and defeater of the Abbasid Dynasty	2
8479917514	Kipchak	Khanate of the Golden Horde (modern day western Russia)	3
8479917515	Yuan Dynasty	Chinese dynasty formed principally from Mongol conquerors	4
8479917516	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
8479917517	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
8479917518	Xiongnu	Predecessors to the Mongos (~200BCE-200CE); long troubled the development of China	7
8479917519	Beijing	Modern name for Khanbalik, the capital of the Yuan dynasty	8
8479917520	Bedouin	Desert dwelling Arabs	9
8479917521	Modun	Precursor to Ghengis Khan as unifier of the nomadic peoples north of the Yellow River	10
8479917522	Moscow	The center of Russian power moved here from Kiev under Mongol rule	11
8479917523	Kublai Khan	Khan whose rule of China was expansive and (relatively) enlightened; hosted Marco Polo	12
8479917524	Persia	Area where Mongol rule devastated the ecology; unlike most areas of the Empire, Mongols assimilated here, many converting to Islam	13
8479917525	Karakorum	Original capital of the Mongols	14
8479917526	Tolerant	Word which might describe the Mongol attitude towards the diverse religions encountered across their expansive empire	15
8479917527	Khan	"Leader"	16
8479917528	Pastoral	Peoples most focused on raising of herds, therefore they were often nomadic	17
8479917529	Yurt	What the Mongols lived in	18
8479917530	The bow	The Mongols' one/major technological contribution/innovation	19
8479917531	Mongolian Empire	Largest empire in world history.	20