The video states no army moves so far so fast until…
World War II
200
What was the Mongol capital?
Karakorum
200
How many miles of land did the Mongols conquer?
4 million miles of land.
200
True or False. More than ________ horses are stabled at these posts for the special use of the messengers.
200,000.
200
What city did the Mongols conquer in 1258?
Baghdad
300
True or False. Genghis Kahn is responsible for as many death as Hitler.
True
300
How did Kublai Khan weaken the empire in later years?
Kubilai weakened his empire with unsuccessful attempts to conquer Japan and Java.
300
True or False. The Mongols brutally killed Persians by burying them upside down.
TRUE
300
_________ could be left unattended because of the severity of Mongol laws
Animals
300
Persians were also shot with ______.
arrows
400
How many miles can the Mongols cover in a single day?
300 miles
400
What event precipitated the destruction of Khwarazm?
a Mongol caravan of 150 traders entering Khwarazm from Mongolia was murdered by one of the Shah’s governors
400
Way over __________ people’s deaths were reported from 1220-1258 from the Mongols
7 million
400
Over the course of the next two centuries Mongol leaders often converted to the region’s dominant religions – ______________________.
Christianity, Islam, or Buddhism.
400
What's Molly Balsamides's middle name?
Patricia
500
Why is China such a great prize to be conquered?
Because it had resources, silk, and it was the richest place in the world at that time. It was the “land of infinite supplies” It had tea and porcelain.
500
Why did the Mongols pull back from the walls of Jerusalem in 1259?
the death of Mongke Khan
500
Who ever flees during battle gets ______________.
killed
500
Great Khan’s messengers sets out along any of these roads, he has only to go twenty-five miles and there he finds a posting station, which in their language is called a ______.