EQ: What Was the Significance of Genghis Khan?

Ms. Curtis’s Mongolia Notes

EQ: What was the significance of Genghis Khan?

Mongolia

Territory

Mongolian Empire

At War

Genghis Khan

Women of Mongolia

A country that lies between China and Russia.

At the empire’s peak, bordered on the Pacific Ocean, the Himalayan Mountains, the Black Sea and Persian Gulf.

United tribes by incorporating the established laws and customs of various groups into a single system.

Amassed an army of fierce, skilled warriors. Formed alliances with neighboring nations, and set sights on expansion.

Employs steppe (a large area of flat grassland) warfare.

The Mongols used swift attacks and terrifying tactics to break the spirit of their enemies.

Mounted warriors provided advantage, could live days on horseback. More importantly, warriors could shoot arrows at a full gallop.

First conquers Northern China.

The ambitious and terrifying warrior originally named Temujin who united the nomads of Mongolia and conquered a vast Asian empire.

After his death, his sons shared control of his empire. Mongols controlled, China, Central Asia, Russia, and parts of the Middle East and Hungary. (This included the Silk Road)

Women had more rights than most other cultures at that time. While men were practiced polygamy (having more than one

Mongolian Men

Life under the Mongols

Kublai Khan

PaxMongolica

Marco Polo

wife), Mongolian women were fighters, took care of the home, the pasture, and provided labor.

Mongolian women not only did not have to marry but had the right to divorce if the marriage union did not go well.

Mongolian men were always preparing for war.

Although the Mongols had conquered many people from many lands, they did not impose their language and culture on the people they conquered.

Under their rule, people had freedom of religion.

Genghis’s grandson who completed the conquest of China.

Reorganized the government to include Chinese and foreign officials. He brought in translators to make it possible for the various cultures in the empire to share ideas.

Latin for “Mongolian peace.” The term refers to a period of time when all of Eurasia was under the control of the Mongolians, ruled by Genghis Khan.

In 50 years, the Mongols had conquered the largest empire the world had ever known. Warfare all but stopped. Led to a period of stability.

Mongols controlled the trade routes and encouraged the exchange of goods and ideas.

Italian visited from Europe and became an official of the Khan’s government.

Famous for description of China. Spent 17 years in China.