Transcript The Great Khan Empire

The Mongol Conquest
Asian Nomads
• Mongolian Steppe- grassland,
good trade route and pastures
• Pastoralists- herd
domesticated animals
–Always moving with seasons
• Traded or Raided
• Loosely organized for centuries
Rise of Mongols
• Mongol Clans- kinship
groups, travel together
• United under Temujin
1206
– Kahn= clan leader
– Genghis= universal
• Good organizer and
strategist
– Used new weapons, tech,
terror
• Killed entire populations
Mongol Empire
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Largest land empire
Divided into 4 Khanates
Adopted local cultures
Peace time increases trade/cultural
exchange with Europe and Asia
The Great Khan Empire
Kublai Kahn
• Grandson of Genghis
• First foreigner to rule China
• Founded the Yuan Dynasty
– Moved capital to Beijing
– Opened to foreign trade
• Failed to conquer Japan
– Kamikaze= divine wind
Mongol Rule in China
• Mongol ways didn’t work in China
• Used foreigners as “high ups” in gov’t
– Trustworthy
• Kublai lead China to economic prosperity
• Encouraged foreigners to visit
• Europe hears of advances:
– Marco Polo
– Kublai Palace
Palace of Kublai Khan
End of Mongol Rule
• Fruitless wars, taxation, overspending
• Kublai’s death- Chinese rebels overthrow
– Establish Ming Dynasty
• Mongol Culture influenced cultures from
Europe to Asia