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This vast grassland stretching from Eastern Europe to East Asia was home to the Mongols.
What is the Eurasian steppe?
This circular tent was the traditional home of Mongols.
What is a yurt?
This Mongol policy towards different beliefs helped unite the people under their rule.
What is religious tolerance?
This trade route system was controlled by the Mongols, allowing goods and knowledge to travel safely across Asia and Europe.
What is the Silk Road? The control and stability of the Silk Road allowed the Mongols to increase trade.
This is the term for a Mongol ruler.
What is a khan?
Drought and climate change led the Mongols to take this action.
What is leave Mongolia and conquer other lands?
The Mongols adopted this Chinese invention, which helped them improve their siege tactics.
What is gunpowder?
The Mongols recruited and forcibly relocated a certain kind of people across Eurasia to help build their cities and govern their empire.
What are experts? (Or artisans, scholars, doctors, etc.)
This Mongol-established system of relay stations greatly improved communication and travel across the empire.
What is the Yam system?
The Mongol Empire eventually split into four regions known as these.
What are Khanates?
This man became the founder and first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Who is Genghis Khan?
These technologies helped the Mongols dominate Asia.
What are stirrups, composite bows, gunpowder, siege warfare, rockets, paper money, and yurts?
This system, used by the Mongols, involved recruiting people based on their skills rather than social status.
What is merit-based system?
A period of relative peace and stability across Asia and Europe under Mongol rule.
What is Pax Mongolica?
Both Mongol men and women were skilled in these two combat-related activities.
What are archery and horseback riding?
This term is for when two men form a blood bond and swear allegiance to each other.
What is an anda?
This item allowed a merchant to travel with safe passage and be given supplies as traveled.
What is a paiza?
This grandson of Genghis Khan became the ruler of China and founded the Yuan Dynasty.
Who is Kublai Khan?
A strong military leader unified Mongolia, allowing the Mongolians to...
What is rise to power?