The Mongols

Question 1

The Mongols

Answer 1

• largest continuous land empire
• 3rd Golden Age of the Silk Road under the Pax Mongolica
• Religiously tolerant
• Never took Japan or Egypt
• pastoral nomads
• superior use and knowledge of the horse
• could travel up to 90 miles in a day on horseback (compared to the Romans 30 miles)
• with the help of captured Chinese artisans and military commanders they built an arsenal full of siege weapons like battering rams and catapults that hurled rocks, explosive balls and bamboo rockets

Question 2

Genghis Khan

Answer 2

• his father was poisoned
• Timijin (name at the time) was taken prisoner to an enemy camp, he was able to escape though
• Khan unites the Mongols into the superior fighting force that they became
• brutal when they conquered
• were borrowers
• took great things from all areas conquered and used it
• merchants are prized with the Mongols (Marco Polo)
• trade routes stabilized
• pony express system
• bandits were dealt with harshly

Question 3

empire divided

Answer 3

• 4 great khanates
• golden horde (Russia), Yuan (China), ilkhan (South East Asia)
• one great khan that ruled over all

Question 4

effects of the Mongols

Answer 4

• harsh….Kiev burned to the ground
• beginning of serfdom in Russia
• Mongols caused Russia to develop differently then the rest of Europe (no Renaissance in Russia)
• they also influenced changes in Russian military organisation and tactics plus changes in the political style of Russian rulers

Question 5

central Asia

Answer 5

• fall of the abbasid
• the capture and fall of Baghdad
• kill the Caliphate which left the people without a central authority
• 800,000 people slaughtered
• eventually they were stopped and defeated by the Mamluk or slave dynasty of Egypt

Question 6

China

Answer 6

• Kublai Khan begins the Yuan Dynasty in China (1271-1368)
• Mongols at top of social hierarchy, women retained their rights to property
• Chinese were forbidden to learn the Mongol language, marry Mongols, stopped civil service exam, foreigners were welcomed, merchants were prized, Christianity made its way into China
• two attempts to take Japan, both failed (1274 and 1280)
• Mongols were not very good on the water
• Chinese culture remained intact
• when Mongols ran out by the Ming, Chinese culture came right back without issue

Question 7

Timur

Answer 7

• oddly enough eh was a patron of the arts, but his rule did not see increased trade, cultural exchanges or internal peace

Question 8

despite amassing the largest continuous land empire in history, the Mongols were never able to conquer _________

Answer 8

• egypt and china

Question 9

in the company of the strong Mongol tribe to which he had escaped, Genghis Khan demonstrated

Answer 9

• tactical strength and leadership ability

Question 10

in the earlier days of their conquests, one of the advantages that made the Mongols almost unstoppable was their ______

Answer 10

• mastery of the horse

Question 11

upon the death of ______, the alliances of Mongol tribes disintegrated

Answer 11

• Khabul Khan

Question 12

which of the following aspects was NOT affected by Mongol rule in Russia?

Answer 12

• religious beliefs

Question 13

the tactical advantage that horses gave the Mongols was ____

Answer 13

• the speed with which they could surround an enemy