BECOMING CHINGGIS KHAN
This was the birth name of the man who later became Chinggis Khan.
Who was Temujin?
The Mongols perfected this tactic of pretending to flee before suddenly turning on enemies who had broken formation to pursue them.
What is the feigned flight/retreat?
This Latin term we use today describes the historical period of relative peace and protected trade across much of Eurasia under Mongol rule.
What was the Pax Mongolica?
Kublai Khan founded this Mongol dynasty in China and completed the conquest of the Southern Song in 1279.
What was the Yuan Dynasty?
Founded in 1206, this Muslim-ruled state governed much of northern India from its capital at Delhi.
What was the Delhi Sultanate?
This Mongol assembly of tribal leaders formally proclaimed Temujin as Chinggis Khan in 1206.
What was the Kurultai?
Chinggis Khan launched a devastating invasion of this Central Asian empire after a disastrous diplomatic conflict involving Mongol merchants and envoys.
What was the Khwarazmian Empire?
This vast Mongol postal and relay network used stations stocked with fresh horses and supplies to move messages quickly across the empire.
What was the yam
This grandson of Chinggis Khan conquered the Rus lands and founded the Golden Horde.
Who was Batu Khan?
Merchants relied on these predictable seasonal winds to sail between India, East Africa, Arabia, Southeast Asia, and China.
What were the monsoons/monsoon winds
This was the traditional name for the body of laws and commands associated with Chinggis Khan’s rule.
What was the Yassa?
These two brilliant generals helped carry Chinggis Khan’s strategies thousands of miles across Eurasia and became legendary commanders of the Mongol conquests.
Who were Subutai and Jebe?
Travelers carrying this special Mongol tablet could receive safe passage, food, lodging, and fresh horses along imperial roads.
What was a paiza?
This Mongol ruler destroyed Baghdad in 1258 and founded the Ilkhanate in Persia and Iraq.
Who was Hülegü Khan?
This Chinese dynasty overthrew the Mongol-led Yuan in 1368 and restored native Chinese rule.
What was the Ming Dynasty?
The kidnapping and rescue of this woman, Temujin’s wife, became one of the major early events in his rise on the Mongolian steppe.
Who was Börte?
These bows were smaller than normal bows, so they could be fired from horseback, but they were also more powerful, because they were made from a variety of materials, such as wood, bone, and animal sinew.
What is the composite bow?
This Venetian traveler described the wealth, markets, roads, canals, and court of Kublai Khan after traveling across the Silk Road to China.
Who was Marco Polo?
This Ilkhanid ruler’s conversion to Islam in 1295 symbolized how Mongol rulers in Persia increasingly adopted the culture and religion of the peoples they had conquered.
Who was Ghazan Khan?
This Ming emperor moved the capital to Beijing, built the Forbidden City, and sponsored Zheng He’s treasure voyages.
Who was the Yongle Emperor?
"Jebe" was the name given to one of Chinggis' top generals after he shot his horse out from under him in battle. In Mongolian, "Jebe" means:
What is "arrow"?
In 1241, Mongol armies stunned European kingdoms by winning major victories at these two battles in Poland and Hungary.
What were the Battles of Legnica and Mohi?
During the Pax Mongolica, Chinese technologies including paper, gunpowder, and this navigational instrument increasingly spread westward across Eurasia.
What was the magnetic compass?
Although he was not a direct descendant of Chinggis Khan, this Central Asian conqueror ruled through puppet Chagatai khans, sacked Delhi, and defeated the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I at Ankara in 1402. Considered the last great Mongol conqueror/warlord.
Who was Timur, or Tamerlane?
One of the most memorable gifts brought back to the Ming court by Zheng He’s treasure fleets was this East African animal, which astonished Chinese observers.
What was a giraffe?