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History of the Mongol Empire
Mongol history can be traced from the various nomadic empires in the 11th century. Genghis Khan was the founder of the Mongol Empire. The Mongols were ruled by the Chinese in the 17th century and gained their independence in 1924.
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What influence did the Mongols have on Eurasian trade and cultural integration?
Mongolia was a trade route to china. They had a large part in trade going both ways (Back,and fourth.)
What is a mongol lifestyle like?
Mongols, are a unique ethnic group from East Asia and Central Asia. You see the history of the Mongols, reflects with the nomadic lifestyle they have lived. Mongols live, according to how Genghis Khan and the ancient Mongols lived like. In fact, Mongols follow Genghis Khan's principles as if he were still alive!
So, Mongols; unless they are living in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia's capital and only big city), they have no permanent home. Mongols live a nomadic lifestyle, because that is their ancestors have lived and they respect that. They live in structures called "gers" or "yurts", and they aren't the strongest material but they are durable and can sustain people from high winds and cold weather. The way Mongols live, the way yurts are set up have not changed ever since Genghis Khan's time or any time before Genghis Khan.
Horse-back riding, archery and wrestling are Mongolia's national sports. Why? Because again, Genghis Khan's soldiers used those to attain the skills to build such a large empire that stretched all the way from southern Russia, all of mainland China into Vietnam, Iran and Iraq.
Mongols eat like the way Genghis Khan's people did. They eat mostly dairy products. They feast on holidays, like Genghis Khan's people did. They cook their meat with stones from the inside, by deboning the entire animal and using their carcasses as ovens for the meat. Mongols have a very unique culinary tradition, and is NOTHING like Chinese or Korean or Japanese. Also, those "Mongolian BBQs" in America and East Asia aren't serving your real Mongolian food nor are they even cooking food like Mongols do.
Mongols are Tibetan Buddhists, Animists and small hints of Christians.
When did Kublai Kahn come to power in china?
In 1251, when he took control of Chinese territories after his brother died
8 modern countries which were once territories under Mongol rule in the 13th century?
united states, canada, oregon, nevada, micchigan, iowa, india, antartica
How did maco polo get to kublai khan in a boat?
Marco Polo went by boat to Iran. He walked the rest of the way to China. He returned by boat to Venice.
Who were kublai Khan's brothers?
Kublai Khan had three brothers, Mongke Khan, Ariq Boke, and Hulagu Khan.
Who went to Kublai Khan's palace?
Marco Polo went to his palace for gold and riches to bring back to Venice, Italy
How did Kublai Khan keep the Mongols from becoming absorbed into Chinese cultutre?
reserved government jobs for mongols
What region was conquered but not physically occupied by the mongols?
The Mongols conquered almost all of Asia and parts of eastern Europe. the only parts they physically occupied were China and Mongolia.
What were the mongols intellectual developments to society?
Genghis Khan organized Mongol soldiers into groups based on the decimal system. All males 14-60 were recursively built from groups of 10, 100, 1000, 10000 each with a leader reporting to the next higher level
Another one is that they were 1st created because small groups got together wich created them. Back then, it was a huge accomplishment that a small tribal group could do that much and impact that much. That would be considered intelectualy great back then.
If an attacked town surrendered to the Mongols what did they do?
The town then paid tribute to the Mongolian Empire.
Who is the Mongol chieftain who became the world's most successful conqueror?
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
What did Kublai Khan look like?
Kublai khan was a angry man who also had a angry looking face! his face was round and fat. he had small eyes which were in deep eyeholes. his nose was pretty big and its shape was normal. he had a mustache over his lip which made him look a little bit mexican (but he wasn't) he als had a long beard which was as long as his neck and then from there on the beard split into two. his hair was shoulder long and brown. also his mustache and beard was brown.
What did Attila the Hun accomplish?
He acomplished a vast empire from Mongolia to the edge of the roman empire this is why the chines hated the stupid mongorians.
He burned Rome to the ground, he killed millions of people, he spread terror through out both the Easter and Wester Roman Empires, and he conquered thousands of miles of land.
The Mongols lived a sedentary lifestyle and were dependent on agriculture?
False. The Mongols were nomads and depended on animals (pastoral).
Why were the Mongol leaders better conquerors than the administrators?
Most of the Mongol leaders did a better job on taking over land and resources than forming an effective government.
What things did the mongol people pride themselves on?
The mongol people prided themselves on their skill on horseback, their discipline, their ruthlessness, and their courage in battle.
