mongols & vikings

Question 1

pax mongolia

Answer 1

mongol peace

Question 2

genghis khan

Answer 2

-told armies to spare artisans. given tax breaks if they became mongolian artisans

Question 3

merchant associations

Answer 3

-promoted caravan trade over long distance bc trade across eurasia was expensive for one merchant

Question 4

leif eriksson

Answer 4

-first european to reach the shores of north america

Question 5

sven forkbeard

Answer 5

-son of harold bluetooth

-led viking raids in england in 991, conquered whole kingdom in 1013

-son named knut, scandinavian empire, sons dying ended dynasty

Question 6

mongol empire

Answer 6

-spared artisans who agreed to become artisans for mongol, they got tax brakes

-brought in other religious ideas to govern better, welcomed religious leaders from different faiths

Question 7

the vikings

Answer 7

-people from scandinavia, “viking” old norse word for pirate/raider

-not considered civilized

-not christian

-early raids attacked the christian churches (unguarded) which scared people

-early raids for wealth, later ones about overpopulation

-realized ppl would pay them to fight or not attack after louis the pious’ son hired them to fight his brother

-anglo saxons took back their territories from vikings later