Asia

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 12 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details THE RISE OF THE MONGOLS, 1200-1260 Nomadism in Central and Inner Asia -The society of the nomadic Mongols functioned through kinship and tribute ties, in which women often played important roles Mongols-a people of this name mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia Genghis Khan-the title of Tem?jin when he ruled the Mongols (r. 1206-1227) Nomadism-a way of life, forced by a scarcity of resources, in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water -The Mongol Empire owed much of its success to the cultural institutions and political traditions of the Eurasian Steppes and deserts

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 10 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details THE SUI AND TANG EMPIRES, 581-755 Buddhism and the Tang Empire -After the period of disunity following the fall of the Han, China was united under the Sui and followed the Tang the tang with its founder Li Shimin Grand Canal-the 1,100-mile waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers Li Shimin-one of the founders of the Tang Empire and its second emperor (r. 626-649) Tang Empire-empire unifying China and part of Central Asia, founded 618 and ended 907