chinggis khan and making the mongol empire

Question 1

who unified the mongols

Answer 1

temüjin

• -noble
• -then his dad was poisoned
• -and he went into poverty

Question 2

how did temujin unify all the mongol clans

Answer 2

• he mastered steppe diplomacy
• -strengthening his position and alliances
• -brought everyone into a single confederation
• -then he was proclaimed Chinggis Khan “universal ruler)

Question 3

Chinggis khan political changes

Answer 3

broke up tribes and forced men to join military units

Question 4

capital

Answer 4

karakorum

present day Har Horin

Question 5

army

Answer 5

small 100,00 people

but equestrian allows them to conquer china

Question 6

population

Answer 6

1 million only for all the mongols

Question 7

weapons

Answer 7

bow and arrow

Question 8

what if they surrendered

Answer 8

spared lives

and ganve generous treatment to artisans

Question 9

if they didn’t surrender

Answer 9

they slaughtered everyone

Question 10

what started the conquest of china

Answer 10

mongols raided the jurchin realm
–and took Jurchen (the capital)
and renamed it khanbaliq -mongol capital in china

Question 11

mongol conquest of persia

Answer 11

• half of khan’s force stayed in N china to keep control

- -half ws led by khan to afghanistan and persia

Question 12

when khan invaded, who was in control of persia

Answer 12

successors of saluqs, khwarzam shah

Question 13

why did they invade persia

Answer 13

chinggis khan wanted to open trade and diplomatic relations with the khwarzam shah

• but the shah hated them and ordered their murder
• -chinggis khan took an army west to seek revenge

Question 14

how did the mongol keep the survuivors form taking over again?

Answer 14

he massacred every city and destroyed their qanat irrigation system

Question 15

changes khan’s rule

Answer 15

bad ruler

• ruled them through the army-never established a centralized government
• -assigned mongol overlords t0 supervise local administrators and extract tribute