Foreign Lang Vocab
Mongolian for "ruler" or "emperor"
Khan
First Mongolian emperor, united all the tribes
Genghis Khan
What is the most important thing in Confucianism?
Education
People who don't live in one place
Nomads
Mongolian government is called this, like "shogunate" for Japan or "caliphate" for Arabia
Khanate
Latin for "peace," like "Mongolian Peace"
Pax
All religions are legal (like under the Mongols)
Toleration
Built to keep the Mongols out
Great Wall of China
Mountainous west of China
Tibet
Which time period were the Mongols dominant in?
Medieval
Latin for "Mongolian"
Mongolica
Mongolian queen who fought for her son to be in power
Sorqoqtani Beki
Having more than enough of something (for China during the Ming era, it was rice)
Surplus
Which part of Asia is Mongolia in?
Central
A state that pays taxes or goods to be protected by someone more powerful in exchange for control over their own people
Tributary
Genghis Khan's birth name (Mongolian for "iron")
Temüjin
Countries the Mongols collaborated with for strategy
China & Turkey
What type of exam did the Chinese bring back after kicking out the Mongols?
Civil service exam
Word for "on horseback," like how Mongolians traveled
Equestrian
Dynasty name in Mongolian China
Yuan Dynasty
Chinese for "military emperor," first seen in the Ming Dynasty
Hongwu
Year that the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Mongols
1368
Explorer who traveled by sea to India, Arabia, Africa, and more
Zheng He
Plains in the midst of mountains
Capital of the empire during Pax Mongolica
Karakorum