Fall Break Test Chapter 12 Flashcards
Who began Mongol’s period of conquest?
Chinggis Khan
What did chinggis Khan do?
Won tributes from Eurasian kingdoms
What did Chinggis Khan’s successors do?
Turned to territorial rule
How did Chinggis Khan’s empire decline?
Internal politics split it into smaller empires
What type of battle tactics did the Mongols have?
Superior
What allowed the the bubonic plague and other diseases to be spread?
The vast overland network system
Who was the Il-khan states open to for invasions?
Golden Horde Mongols
What did Timur do?
Took control of Chagata territory and began imperial conquest
What places experienced flowering of Islamic culture?
Iran
Central Asia
What devastated Kievan Russia by their conquest? Did Russian traditions survive?
The Mongols
Yes
What did mogul conquest do to Russian power in Kiev?
Decentralized it
What happened after the decline of Mongol power and Byzantine’s weakness?
Rise of Lithuania and Serbia in Eastern Europe
Ottoman Empire in Anatolia
What did Golden Horde’s decline set the stage for?
Rise of Russian autocracy
Did women play important roles in nomadic Mongol society?
Yes
What was a benefit of the size of the Mongol empire?
It promoted the movement of people ideas and goods