AP World History: Chapter 15 Flashcards
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| 5454383784 | kuriltai | meeting of all Mongol chieftains at which the supreme ruler of all tribes was selected. | 0 | |
| 5454383785 | khagan | title of the supreme ruler of the Mongol tribes. |  | 1 |
| 5454383786 | tumens | "basic fighting units of Mongol forces; made up of 10,000 cavalrymen divided into smaller units." |  | 2 |
| 5454383787 | Karakorum | capital of Mongol Empire under Chinggis Khan. |  | 3 |
| 5454383788 | Batu | grandson of Chinggis Khan and ruler of Golden Horde; invaded Russia in 1236. |  | 4 |
| 5454383789 | Ogedei | third son of Chinggis Khan; succeeded him as Mongol khagan. | 5 | |
| 5454383790 | 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 |
| 5454383791 | khanates | four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan. |  | 7 |
| 5454383792 | Battle of Kulikova | Russian victory over the forces of the Golden Horde; helped break Mongol hold over Russia. |  | 8 |
| 5454383793 | Prester John | a mythical Christian monarch whose kingdom supposedly had been cut off from Europe by the Muslim conquests; some thought he was Chinggis Khan. |  | 9 |
| 5454383794 | Baibars | commander of Mamluk forces at Ain Jalut in 1260; originally enslaved by Mongols and sold to Egyptians. |  | 10 |
| 5454383795 | Berke | ruler of the Golden Horde (r. 1257-1266); 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 | |
| 5454383796 | Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271. |  | 12 |
| 5454383797 | Dadu | Mongol capital of Yuan dynasty; present-day Beijing. | 13 | |
| 5454383798 | Chabi | influential wife of Kubilai Khan; demonstrated refusal of Mongol women to adopt restrictive social conventions of Confucian China. |  | 14 |
| 5454383799 | Romance of the West Chamber | famous Chinese dramatic work written during the Yuan period. |  | 15 |
| 5454383800 | White Lotus Society | secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of Yuan dynasty. | 16 | |
| 5454383801 | Zhu Yuanzhang | Chinese peasant who led successful revolt against Yuan; founded Ming dynasty. |  | 17 |
| 5454383802 | 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 |
| 5454383803 | 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 |