Mongolia / Western Europe (pre-Portuguese Iberia) Flashcards
Genghis Khan (Temujin)
One of the most influential men in world history. Would go on to transform the world.
Was enslaved as a young child. Mongolian from specific subgroup of Mongols focused on specialized hunting instead of the usual patoralists. Comes out of slavery. Became Leader of Mongolia. Had a very small army. Manage to create an absolutely massive empire in terms of land mass and people controlled. Manage to accomplish (in terms of empire) in just a few years what took the roman empire centuries to do. Dominated most military battles. After he conquered areas, he would preserve good things about conquered areas such as Chinese statues. He managed to take out cities with great efficiency. His military strategies were the best of its time. The mongol hunting techniques he learned growing up was adopted to warfare. Managed to turn those hunting techniques into a science.
Instituted religious tolerance. Outlawed torture, which was unthinkable at the time in Rome. Made provisions for the poor, widows, and orphans. Great person by all accounts. Europeans looked up to him. Shaped up the map as we know it today as he drew the national boundaries of China and North Korea. Descendants of Genghis Khan would go on to rule in India and other places. He is the reason why people wear pants instead of togas. Life would not the same today without his influence.
Mongolian translation - Genghis: Supreme Khan: Leader Genghis Khan: Supreme Leader)
Khubilai Khan
Gave his oldest son a Chinese name and had Confuciansts participate in the boy’s education.
Lamas
The teachings of Buddhist priests from Tibet called lamas.
Beijing
The Yuan capital, became the center of cultural and economic life.
Ming Empire
Controlled China but had hostile relationships with peoples in Mongolia and Inner Asia who had been under the rule of Mongol Yuan emperors.
Bubonic Plague
Disease carried by flea infested rats, afflicted the Yunnan province since early Tang period.
Il Khan
State established by Genghis’s grandson Hulegu. They controlled parts of Armenia, all of Azerbaijan, Mesopotamia, and Iran.
Golden Horde
Mongols who conquered Southern Russia settled north of the Caspian Sea and established
Timur
Known to the Europeans as Temerlane, he commanded the Jagadai forces and campaigned into Western Eurasia. Saw himself as the new Genghis Khan.
Rashid al-Din
Represented the beginning of Mongol interest in the specific traditions of the Muslim lands.
Nasir al-Din Tusi
Represented the beginning of Mongol interest in the scientific traditions of the Muslim lands.
Alexander Nevskii
Prince of Novgorod, convinced fellow princes to submit to the Mongols.
Ottoman Empire
Descentands of Turkic nomads.
