The Plague
The Black Death is more properly known as what?
The central authority that controlled all of Europe after the plague.
There was none, feudalism had prevented a large scale takeover by a central authority.
Not Constantinople
Istanbul
The palace complex in China.
The Forbidden City
The primary impact Mongols had on the world.
Spreading the Plague
Societal factors that allowed the plague to spread
Higher population density, lack of hygiene, trade routes.
Must have at least two!
The effort to drive all non-catholics out of Spain.
Spanish Inquisition
The main power in the Islamic world following the plague.
The Dynasty that took over from the Mongols
The Ming Dynasty
This is the are where the Mongols lived.
The Eurasian Steppe
Environmental factors that allowed the plague to spread
Little Ice Age led to famine, and drove rodents out of their traditional homes into population centers.
"I'm in charge because God wants me to be in charge!" -A European King, probably.
The Divine Right of Kings
The special forces and secret service of the Sultans
The Janissaries
The first Ming Emperor
Zhu Yuanzhang
Genghis Khan
Estimated number of deaths in the world from the plague
75-200 million people (25-65% of the population)
At least two effects of the plague on Europe
25 million dead, loss of belief in the church, political fragmentation, images of death become more prevalent in media.
The three legs of stability in the Ottoman Empire
Military Skill (Janissaries), Religious Backing (Sultans being the leaders of Islam), and Loyal Bureaucracy (Also partially the Janissaries).
Arab Ming eunuch general
Zheng He
Genghis's grandson who ruled in China
Kublai Khan
The Bubonic Plague is caused by this bacteria.
Yersinia Pestis
First European city infested with the plague
Kaffa
Result of Ottoman control of the Dardanelles and the Strait of Bosporus.
Europeans were motivated to find another way to China and India that did not involve dealing with the Ottomans. This resulted in the Age of Exploration, ie. Columbus.
Estimated death count from the plague in China
2 million
The estimated number of modern day descendants of Genghis Khan.
16 Million people