Yuan Empire

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