KIEV AND EARLY RUSSIA
Steppe
Sparse, dry, treeless grassland
genghis khan
rose from poverty to unite the warring Mongo tribes
Kiev
capital of medieval russia and of present-day ukraine
kublai khan
the grandson of genghis khan
Cyrillic
relating to the slavic alphabet derived from the Greek and traditionally attributed to s.t cryril in modified form still used in modern language
yuan dynasty
chinese dynasty ruled by the mongols from 1279 to 1368
Golden horde
a group of people settled mongol who ruled over russia , ukraine , kazakhstan, moldova
who was marco polo
Venetian traveler who traveled to China and wrote about his experience there
ivan the third/ivan the great
one of the most powerful russian rulers
What are Genghis Khans most important legacies?
Tolerance, Written Language, Trade and Crafts, and Legal Codes