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Discussion Topic: Mongol InfluenceTable Leaders: Sophie Matt Sebastien Moneyron

Kai McKeever Eric LeeTalia McCool Max Morella

Questions prepared to “Lead” or “Prompt” discussion for the Harkness Discussion. Questions must come from the upper three levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Key Concept: 3.3 Increased Economic Productive Capacity and its ConsequencesQuestion #1 Rank the effects of the success or failure of agriculture in Yuan China.

Question #2 Assess the impact of Cotton on the Yi’s economy.

Question #3 How did the khan’s unsuccessful experiment with introducing paper money, in the Golden Horde, affect their commerce?

Question #4 In what ways did Mongol control affect China during the Yuan period, and how did each way affect China’s economic productivity and capacity?

Key Concept: 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange NetworksQuestion #5 Which events could of happened if the Mongols had not isolated Russia from Eastern Europe?

Question #6 How did Mongol influence in Russia affect Russian culture?

Question #7 What way of spreading ideas do you believe the Mongols used most efficiently?

Key Concept: 3.2 Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and their InteractionsQuestion #8 Judge the efficacy of Mongol style rule (Khanates, conquest, etc.) in their territories.

Question #9 Assess the impact of Mongol threats on the Kamakura and Ashikaga Shogunates.

Question #10 Compare the impact of the Mongols for each of the governments around Eurasia and the Pacific.

Sources:1. “Yi Dynasty.” Meyer, Hwa-Soon Choi, Salem Press Encyclopedia, January, 2015http://proxygsu-sful.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ers&AN=89454065&site=eds-live&scope=site2. “Kublai Khan vs. Kamikaze.” Delgado, James P. Military History. Jul 2011, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p58-65. 8p. 6 Color Photographs, 1 Map.http://proxygsu-sful.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aqh&AN=60437631&site=eds-live&scope=site3. “Manuscripts and Mongols: Some Documented and Speculative Moments in East-West/ Muslim-Christian Relations” by Marianna Shreve Simpson

http://proxygsu-sful.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=25582141&site=eds-live&scope=site4. “On Women, Power, and Politics During the Last Phase of the Ilkhanate” by Hend Gilli-Elewyhttp://proxygsu-sful.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=83591198&site=eds-live&scope=site

Historical Period Links (compare and contrast other regions during this era, make “global connections,” etc.):

• Kai: Kamikaze of 1281 to Kamikaze of WWII: The Japanese believed the typhoon that sank the Mongol fleet when they invaded Japan was a divine wind, and in World War II applied that same concept– a divine wind defeating enemies– to their piloting strategies.

• Max: Daimyo and Samurai in Japan to Knights in Medieval Europe: Since the Shogunates in Japan as well as the Lordships in Europe were feudal systems, Japanese Shogun, Daimyo, and Samurai correlated to European Lords, Vassals, and Knights.

• Talia: In Appanage Russia (the period in which the Mongols had ruled over Russia) prince’s where fighting over land which hurt the political structure and prevented economic growth, similar to how Leon Trotsky helped ignite the Russian Revolution in 1917 causing Russia to be in political and economic turmoil.

• Sophie: Before the Mongols China was three separate states. Then the Mongols came in and unified them and had each part of the country do something different to benefit the greater good of the country. This is similar to the way in Mao Zedong in 1949 reunited China and made it Communist.

• Eric: The Mongol influence of their culture on the Chinese traditions created a new Chinese language called Mandarin Chinese which is now a very big and largely used language family used in the world today.

• Sebastien: When the Mongols took over Russia, Russian steadily became the primary language of writing over Greek. This is similar to when a newly reconstructed form of Hebrew was formed to serve as a common language between Jews from nations as diverse as Poland and Yemen instead of the regular Hebrew language in present day Israel.

Key Vocabulary (With Definitions):Khubilai Khan: Last of the Mongol Great Khans (r. 1260-1294) and founder of the Yuan Empire.Lama: In Tibetan Buddhism, a teacher. Beijing: China’s northenot myrn capital, first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People’s Republic of China.Yi: The Yi Dynasty ruled Korea from the fall of the Koryo kingdom to the colonization of Korea by Japan.Ashikaga Shogunate: The second of Japan’s military governments headed by a shogun (a military ruler). Sometimes called the Muromachi Shogunate. Bakufu: ‘ba-ku-hu (in Japanese) Shogunate– government of the shogun, or hereditary military dictatorship, of Japan from 1192 C.E. to 1867 C.E.Alexander Nevskii: Prince of Novgorod (r. 1236-1263). He submitted to the invading Mongols in 1240 and received recognition as the leader of the Russian princes under the Golden Horde.

Tsar (czar): From Latin caesar, this Russian title for a monarch was first used in refrence to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505).

Important Dates: 1219-1223- First Mongol attacks in Iran/Middle East.1223-Genghis’s grandson Bantu defeated a Russian army to try and spread Mongol influence there. 1227- Death of Genghis Khan.1230-Conquered northern China and conquest of eastern Europe.1240- Mongols take over Kiev.1260- Il-Khan state established by Genghis’s son Hülegü.Yuan Empire established by Khubilai Khan. Mongol capital moved to Beijing.1368- Ming Empire founded.1340-Strife broke out and Zhu Yuanzhang led rebellion for Ming Empire to take control over Yuan Empire.1405-Timur died before march on China.

Maps:

Multiple Choice Test Questions:

1. Which of the following statements best describes the Yuan dynasty’s population?a. The Yuan shifted to lighter taxes and encouragement of farming at the end of

the 1200s which caused population growth throughout all of China.b. Innovations that diffused to the fertile Yangzi Delta, such as knowledge of

cotton growing, spinning, and weaving, caused China’s total population to increase.

c. China’s population shrunk by 60 percent during eighty years of Mongol rule because of unstable trade routes.

d. Flooding along the Yellow River caused losses in the north, while population in the south along the Yangzi River markedly increased.

e. Initial heavy taxation led to centralized agriculture and population growth.2. Compare the influence of the Mongols on the Yi dynasty and Kamakura Shogunate.

a. Both the Yi and Kamakura adopted Mongol-style land surveys, taxation, and military techniques.

b. Both the Yi and Kamakura publicly rejected any Mongol influence; however, the Yi continued various Mongol practices.

c. Both the Yi and Kamakura battled the Mongol armies, but lost and paid tribute to the Great Khan.

d. Both the Yi and Kamakura battled the Mongol armies, and won because a typhoon struck and sank perhaps half of the Mongol ships during battle.

e. Both the Yi and Kamakura succumbed to civil wars such as the Hanguk Jeonjaeng and Onin wars.

3. Compare the administrative structures of the Ashikaga and Kamakura Shogunates.a. Both shogunates used a national system to move resources toward western

points rather than toward the imperial or shogunal centers to the east.b. The Mongols exacted tribute from both Ashikaga and Kamakura Shogunates

until the fall of the Yuan Empire in 1368.c. Both shogunates relied on a Confucian bureaucratic government and an

examination system, but some practices differed from those in China.d. Both shogunates saw the emperor breaking the centuries-old tradition of

imperial seclusion and tried to reclaim power from the shoguns.e. During both shogunates, provincial warlords enjoyed renewed

independence.4. The Yuan economy was drastically affected by

I. unsecured paper moneyII. a damaged and overtaxed agricultural base

III. gentry families performing tax farming

a. Ib. I and IIc. I and IIId. II and IIIe. I, II, and III

5. This map demonstratesI. Pacific Ocean trade with the Kamakura Shogunate

II. Mongol sea invasions of JapanIII. Zheng He’s expeditions to KyūshūIV. Koryo and Ming invasions of JapanV. Diffusion of Mongol technologies to Japan

Answers:1. D. 2. B.3. A.4. E5. B