Vocabulary Flashcards
Pastoralism
People depend on herding of domesticated animals for their food. Pastoralists were able to construct powerful and impressive civilizations on the arid margins of agricultural land
Xiognu
People of Mongolian steppe lands north of china who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the 3rd and 2nd centuries bce
Modun
Great ruler of the Xiongnu empire (210-174 bce) who created a centralized and hierarchical political system
Turks
Turkish speakers from Central Asia, originally nomads, who spread westward into the near east and into India
•They created a series of nomadic empires between 552 and 965 ce
•Had a more lasting impact on world history when they became dominant in the Islamic heartland and founded a series of states and empires there
Masai
Nomadic cattle-keeping people of Africa, now Kenya and Tanzania
Temujin/Chinggis Khan
Title means “universal ruler” and given in 1206
•Mongol leader that unified the great Mongol nation
•Launched military campaigns against agricultural societies of Eurasia after 1209
The Mongol World War
Describes the half a century of military campaigns, massive killing, and empire building pursued by Chinggis Khan and his successors in Eurasia after 1209
Yuan Dynasty China
Mongol dynasty ruling China from 1271-1368, its name means great beginnings
Khubilai Khan
Grandson of Genghis (Chinngis) Khan who conquered and ruled China from 1271-1294 during the Yuan
Hulegu
Grandson of Genghis Khan, conquered much of Western Asia, 1217-1265, first il-khan of Persia
Kipchak Khanate/ Golden Horde
Name given to Russia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the Mongol empire in the mid-13th century
Known to Russians as the khanate of the Golden Horde
Black Death/ Plague
Massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331
Usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague