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Mongols and Japan V.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pastoralist | people that herded domesticated animals similar to Nomads. |
| Clans | a group of people descended from a common ancestor. |
| Genghis Khan | was accepted as a title and he was a universal ruler of the Mongol class. |
| Pax Mongolica | is the Mongol Peace and the period when the Mongols imposed stability and law and order across Eurasia. |
| Kublai Khan | was the grandson of Genghis Khan and assumed the title Great Khan in 1260. |
| Marco Polo | |
| Shinto | |
| Samurai | |
| Bushido | |
| was the most famous European to visit China in these years and was a young Venetian trader, traveler by caravan. | |
| the native religion of Japan, meaning way of the gods. | |
| one of the professional warriors who served Japanese feudal lords. | |
| is where samurai lived according to a demanding code of behavior, way of the warrior. | |
| Shogun | in feudal Japan, a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor. |