heavy loss upon them. However‚ although all battles of Genghis Khan’s demonstrated his military talent‚ his cruel killing cannot be ignored. According to Giovanni de Plano Carpini‚ who was the Pope’s envoy the Mongol Great Khan and traveled through Kiev in February 1246‚ maintained that the Mongols attacked Russia‚ where they made great damage‚ undermining cities and fortresses and slaughtering men. After they had besieged Kiev where the capital of Russia was for a long time‚ they killed all of the inhabitants
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butchering people and some scholars even compared him to Hitler. The real character of Genghis Khan‚ however‚ is far more intriguing. How did this illiterate outcast turn the feuding tribes of Mongolia into a powerful nation? And how did he transform the Mongol hordes into a ruthless and disciplined fighting machine? Snapshot of Genghis Khan Genghis Khan was born with the name of Temujin in 1165 on the banks of the river Onon. When he was 9 years old‚ he met his father’s death‚ poisoned by Tatars
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1. Commercial cities that served as meeting points between distant cultures are called: a. way stations. b. warehouses. c. entrepôts. d. shipping centers. e. nodes. 2. Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt: a. did not need to provide protection for merchants as most trade came by land rather than by sea. b. established a commercial law apart from religion so that all people could participate in trade. c. had Muslim and Jewish trading firms that worked as close partners in
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38. A society is almost certainly a civilization if.. It is agricultural 39. The Neolithic Revolution occurred first in The middle east 40. Which of the following is not a feature of Sumerian Civilization? A simplified alphabet of 22 letters 42. Jewish monotheism.. - emphasized the power and abstraction of God 43. the development of writing.. - helps explain why government could become more formal and bureaucratic 44. the "son of heaven" concept was designed to promote all
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he was a young boy. His family taught him to be a merchant. He learned how to read‚ write‚ calculate‚ and use foreign money. In 1269‚ Marco’s father and uncle‚ Niccolò and Maffeo‚ returned to Venice after visiting China. In China‚ they had met the Mongol conqueror Kublai Khan. The khan invited the Polos to return. He asked them to bring Christian scholars to explain the Christian religion to him. TRIP TO CHINA In 1271‚ Niccolò and Maffeo set out for China again. Marco‚ then 17 years old‚ joined
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Medina 730 CE- Printing invented in China 868 CE- First book printed in China 900 CE- Decline of Classical Maya 1066 CE- Norman conquest of England 1206 CE- Changgis Khan begins Mongol Conquest 1230-1600 CE- Mali emerged after the collapse of the Ghana Empire 1266 CE- Marco Polo goes to China 1279 CE- Mongol conquest of China 1346-1350 CE- Bubonic Plague(Black Death) in Europe 1400-1600 CE- Songhay Dynasty‚ which emerged during the decline of the the Mali Empire 1400 CE- Aztec Empire beings
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Genghis Khan: Destined to be a Hero Arriving in this world with a blood clot in the palm of his hand ‚ Genghis Khan was destined to be a hero. In 1167‚ Genghis Khan was born to Yisugei‚ Chieftain of the Kiyat-Borjigid‚ and his wife Ho’elun. He was named Temujin (which means blacksmith) after a Tatar Chieftain his father had just captured. As a young boy‚ Temujin experienced many hardships after his father was poisoned by a group of Tartars. This loss of their leader caused the Kiyat tribe to
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’Romantic chasm’ . Kubla‚ a man of military skill and known for his administrative capabilities was called by the Mongols as Setsen Khan (The Wise Khan). He conquered China and established the Mongol dynasty‚ unifying the nation for the first time since the T’ang regime. Following the teachings of his mother‚ he tolerated all religions in the area‚ helping to win acceptance of Mongol rule by the Chinese.This shows how Coleridge uses religious institution in colonial discourse. Analysis of ‘Kubla
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African pastoral society? The Fulbe Why did the Ming government suddenly stop the exploration of the Indian Ocean basin?Emperor Yongle’s successors viewed expansion as a waste of time and resources.. In its effort to recover from the disruption of Mongol rule‚ the Ming dynasty took which of the following steps?Ming rulers sought to recover the Chinese cultural past.. The Hundred Years’ War between England and France (1337-1453) was comparable to which conflict in Ming China during the fifteenth century
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AP World History Summer Reading Assignment - Day OF Empire Amy Chua believes that for a country to become a world dominant force‚ the country must be tolerant. A country that is tolerant isn’t promised a path to world dominance‚ but tolerance is a required characteristic for a world dominant force. Tolerance does not mean that all races are treated equally but that the races can coexist together and work to make their nation better. Intolerant acts such as ethnic cleansing prohibit a country to
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