NOMADIC EMPIRES AND EURASION INTEGRATION

  1. Introduction
    1. What is the Mongol Capitol?
    2. What did the Mongol's foster between the people of Eurasia?
  2. Turkish migrations and imperial expansion
    1. Nomadic economy and society
      1. Describe the environment of Central Asia.
      2. How did the environment encourage the development of nomadic cultures?
      3. What is a Yurt?
      4. How did nomads use their animals to survive in their environment?
      5. Describe the classes in nomadic society.
      6. Describe the Nomadic Religions.
      7. Military organization
        1. What is a Khan?
        2. Describe the military power of these nomads?
    2. Turkish empires in Persia, Anatolia, and India
      1. What type of influence did the Saljuq Turks have in the Abbasid empire during the 8th to 11th centruries?
      2. Who did the Abbasid caliph recognize as the sultan in 1055?
      3. Saljuq Turks and the Byzantine empire
        1. What happened at the battle of Manzikert?
        2. What transformatoin happedto Anatolia by 1453?
      4. Who dominated northern India through sultanate of Delhi?
  3. The Mongol empires
    1. Chinggis Khan and the making of the Mongol empire
      1. Who unified Mongol tribes through alliance and conquests?
      2. How did Chinnggis Khan organize his political and military officials differently than previous Mongol rulers?
      3. Describe Mongol military strategy.
      4. Who Controlled northern China by 1220 ?
      5. How did Chinggis Khan defeat the Perisans after the Saljuq leader refused to open trade with him?
    2. The Mongol empires after Chinggis Khan
      1. What happened to Chinggis Khan's empire after his death?
      2. Who consolidated Mongol rule in China?
      3. Describe Kubiliai Khan's religious policy?
      4. In 1279 Khubilai Khan defeated what country and proclaimed what new dynasty? Was he successful in defeating the rest of South East China?
      5. Who controlled Russia and much of Eastern Europe?
      6. Who captured Baghdad in 1258 and destroyed toppled the Abbasid Empire? What did he establish?
      7. Mongol rule in Persia
        1. How did Mongol's rule Persian?
        2. Who converted to Islam in 1295 and what happened to followers of other religions in Persia?
        • Key Point: Mongols were absorbed into Muslim Persian Society by the end of the 13th century.
      8. How did Mongols treat the Chinese?
      1. What religion did the Mongols begin to favor in China?
    3. In a paragraph, describe how the Mongols sponosored interaction among the people of different societies and linked Eurasian economically and diplomatically?
      1. Why did the Mongols resettle people?
    4. Decline of the Mongols in Persia and China
      1. Explain the decline of the Mogols in Persia?
      2. Explain the decline of the Yuan dynasty?
  4. After the Mongols
    1. Who was Tamerlane the Whirlwind and what did he conquer?
    2. The foundation of the Ottoman empire
      1. Who is Osman?
      2. What happened to Constatinople in 1453?