Mongols

Question 1

Mongol Rulers/date

Answer 1

Ghengis Kahn (founded), son Kubilai Khan (expanded)…early 13th-late 14th century

Question 2

MongolPolitical

Answer 2

Local regions but Centralized. Yuan keeps Confucius Chinese tripartite bureaucracy and govt based off Uighur Turks. Religious tolerance. Yasa=written law code.

Question 3

MongolMilitary

Answer 3

Dummies. Organized cavalry. Stirrups saddle composite bow. Captured chinese engineers

Question 4

MongolConquest

Answer 4

Tribal groups to west, seminomadic from N china, W Europe, Persia, Abbasid (Baghdad), song

Question 5

MongolJobs

Answer 5

Civil service banned until later in Yuan. Chinese= lower local positions Mongols= higher ferderal

Question 6

MongolSocial

Answer 6

Mongol never totally assimilates still has yurts. Mongols separate from Chinese, Chinese supported bc respect stability

Question 7

MongolEconomic

Answer 7

Pax Mongolia (peace after territories conquered). trade. Courier system=rapid communication bw regions.

Question 8

MongolGeography/Khanates

Answer 8

Capital Karakorum, later Beijing under Yuan1- Great Khan. Mongolia/china (Kubilai)2- Ilkhanate. Persia/Baghdad3- Golden Horde. Russia4- Chagatai. Mesopotamia

Question 9

MongolReligion

Answer 9

Mainly Confucius, also Buddhist