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Mongol Khanates
Golden Horde, Chagatai, and Ilkhanate
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Golden Horde is also called the... | Kipchak Khanate |
| What was the extent of the Golden Horde? | Carpathian Mountains to Steppes of Siberia |
| Who expanded the Golden Horde the most? | Bantu |
| Who was the Greatest Khan? | Oz Beg |
| Who helped incorporate Islam and Turkish culture into the Golden Horde? | Oz Beg |
| What trade did the Golden Horde conduct? | Extensive trade in the Mediterranean |
| What three things led to the decline of the Golden Horde? | Black Plague, Russian Invasions, and death of Oz Beg's successor |
| What is the extent of the Chagatai Khanate? | Transoxania and the area around Kashgar |
| Where was the capital of the Chagatai Khanante? | Almaliq |
| The western half of the Chagatai Khanate was dominated by what? | Silk Route Cities |
| The eastern half of the Chagatai Khanate was dominated by who? | Pagan Nomads |
| Which two Khanates did the Chagatai Khanate outlast even though it was weaker? | Ilkhanate and Yuan |
| What eventually happened to the Chagatai Khanate? | They split into two separate empires and fell to Tamerlane (and others) |
| Where was the Ilkhanate based? | In Persia |
| Who was the Ilkhanate ruled by? | The Mongol House of Hulagu |
| Who was Hulagu? | The grandson of Genghis Khan |
| Why did the Franco-Mongol Alliance end? | Ilkhanate became Muslim |
| When did the Ilkhanate's power begin to decline? | After the death of Abu Sa'id in 1335 |
| Who wrote the Ilkhanate's history? | Rashid al-Din |
| Hulagu couldn't enter Egypt because he lost what battle? | Battle of Ain Jalut |