the earth and its people chapter 13 summary
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CHAPTER 13 Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200?1500 I.????? The Rise of the Mongols, 1200?1260 A.??? Nomadism in Central and Inner Asia 1.????? Nomadic groups depended on scarce water and pasture resources; in times of scarcity, conflicts occurred, resulting in the extermination of smaller groups and in the formation of alliances and out-migration. Around the year 1000 the lands inhabited by the Mongols experienced unusually dry weather with its attendant effects on the availability of resources and pressures on the nomadic Mongol tribes.