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Ch.14:The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis Khan to Timur
Term | Definition |
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kuritali | meeting of all Mongol chieftains at which the supreme ruler of all tribes was selected |
khagan | title of the supreme ruler of the Mongol tribes |
tumens | basic fighting units of the Mongol forces; consisted of 10,000 calvarymen; each unit was further divide into units of 1000, 100, and 10 |
Karakorum | capital of the Mongol Empire under Chinggis Khan |
Batu | ruler of Golden Horde; one of Chinggis Khan's grandsons; responsible for invasion of Russia beginning in 1236 |
Ogedei | third son of Chinggis Khan; succeeded Chinggis Khan as khagan of the Mongols following his father's death |
Golden Horde | one of the four subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after Chinggis Khan's death, originally ruled by his grandson Batu; territory covered much of what is today south central Russia |
khanates | four regional Mongol kingdoms thaat arose following the death of Chinggis Khan |
Battle of Kulikova | Russian army victory over the forces of the Golden Horde; helped break Mongol hold over Russia |
Prester John | name given to a mythical Christian monarch whose kingdom had supposedly been cut off from Europe by the Muslim conquests; Chinggis Khan was originally believed to be this mythical ruler |
Baibars | commander of Mamluk forces at Ain Jalt; originally enslaved by Mongols and sold to Egyptians |
Berke | a ruler of the Golden Horde; converted to Islam; his threat to Hulegu combined with the growing power of Mamluks in Egypt forstalled further Mongol conquests in the Middle East |
Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; commander of Mongol forces responsible for conquest of China; became khagan in 1260; established Sinicized Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1271 |
Tatu | Mongol capital of Yuan dynasty; present-day Beijing |
Chabi | influential wife of Kubilai Khan; promoted interests of Buddhists in China; indicative of refusal of Mongol women to adopt restrictive social conventions of Chinese |
The Romance of the West Chamber | |
White Lotus Society | secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of Yuan dynasty in China; typical of peasant resistance to Mongol rule |
Ju Yuanzhang | Chinese peasant who led successful revolt against Yuan in 14th century; founded Ming dynasty |
Ming dynasty | succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China |
Timur-i Lang | also known as Tamerlane; leader of Turkic nomads; beginning in 1360s from base at Samarkand, launched series of attacks in Persia, the Fertile Crescent, India, and southern Russia; empire disintegrated after his death in 1405 |