History - The Mongols - China in the West Flashcards
What was the Silk Road
Over 2000 years ago, goods and ideas already travelled to and fro along the Silk Road, which stretched from Asia to the Middle East and Europe. In ancient Rome, silks from China, spices and perfumes from other parts of Asia, were sold. Some other ideas like building and decoration also spread from the eastern Mediterranean to northern China.
Why was there no trade for some time?
In the 7th and 8th centuries AD, the Arab armies conquered a large amount of land. They did not let people travel along the Silk Road so that that trade and the exchange of ideas between eastern Asia and the West died down.
Who were the Mongols
Many tribes of wild people, called the Mongols, had lived to the north of China for hundreds of years. They wandered with their tents and flocks of sheep and goats over hundreds of miles of poor grasslands. They were very fierce and cruel soldiers who fought on horseback with powerful bows. They moved fast enough to beat almost any ordinary army of foot soldiers.
Who was Genghis Khan
