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S.S. Mongol vocab
Some vocab from the Mongols from social studies.
Term | Definition |
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Genghis Khan | Born as Temujin, Mongolian emperor whose empire stretches from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean. |
Nomadic/Nomads | A nomad is a member of a community that moves from one place to another, either with livestock or subsisting on hunting and gathering. |
Cultural Diffusion | The spread of cultural items. Such as Ideas, styles, religions, technologies, languages, and e.t.c |
Silk Road | A trade route were Chinese merchants traded on for thousands of years. |
Marco Polo | Marco Polo was an italian merchant Traveler from Venice whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde, a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. |
Empire | a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful government |
Yurt/ger | A tent like dwelling of the mongol and turkic people of central asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins. |
Primary Source :-) | An eyewitness source that was from the time period that something happened. |
Secondary Source | A source that is not an eyewitness account. Based on a primary source or secondary source. |
Black Death | Disease caused by fleas. |