the mongol empire ch 3.2 genghis khan and the mongols mongols lived in northern china. –encouraged...
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The Mongol Empire
Ch 3.2
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Genghis Khan and the Mongols
• Mongols lived in Northern china.– Encouraged the skill of
battle into its people.– They were great
horsemen• Could cover 100 miles a
day.• Special saddles and
steel stirrups.– Enabled a high rate of
bow and arrow fire.– Surround their
enemies, shower them with arrows.
– Mongols started their conquest in 1206.
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Ghengis Khan• Ghenghis Khan lived from 1162-
1227.• They easily conquered cnetral
asia and most of Persia(Bagadad), Tibet and southeast asia
• Failed to invade Japan……….Storm stopped them……Divine wind.
• Batu, grandson to Ghenghis invaded Europe in 1240.
– Controled russia, poland, and hungary.
• Typically they plundered the city and enslaved or killed the people living there.
• Europeans called them the Golden Horde (color of tents)
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Kublai Khan
• Kublai dynasty was called the Yuan.– Covered most of
northern china, headquartered in Beijing.
– Under the Mongols China prospered.
• Population began to grow.
• Extended the Grand canal.
• Started trade routes to the south
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Contact with Europeans
• King Louis IX and the Pope sent embassadors to China.
• Missionaries also traveled there with traders.
• Marco Polo, at seventeen, traveled to China.– Took three years – Kublai employed him as
a special representitive.• Stayed in China for 17
years.
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Mongol / Chinese Relations
• Yuan Dynasty did a lot of good for the Chinese, but there were still tensions.– They spoke different languages.– Mongols did not treat the chinese as equals.– Punishments were harsher for chinese.
• When Kublai died in 1294.– China experienced many problem, flooding and
famine caused revolts.– 1368, the mongols were forced out.