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History Ch.3
chapter 3 notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mongul army | monguls were trained to be warriors at a young age |
| mongul army | excellent horsemen and archers |
| mongul army | armies organized into tens, hundreds, and thousands |
| mongul armor | wore stiff armor made of animal skins |
| mongul armor | also wore a shirt of raw silk that would make it hard for arrows to mortally wound |
| mongul tactics(war strategies) | siege warfare: fired on the city for weeks and prevented food from going in |
| mongul tactics(war strategies) | using gunpowder rockets |
| mongul tactics(war strategies) | pretend retreat: the mongul soldiers would pretend to be beaten and leave the camp. As the townspeople came out to plunder heir camp, the monguls would reappear, attack and destroy them. |
| More about monguls | The monguls were ruthless. they killed and destroyed everywhere they went. The stories of their cruelty spread causing the Mongul name to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies. Some towns chose surrender rather than face these terrifying people. |
| Monguls religion | worshipped many gods and believed in good and evil spirits that controlled the world |
| monguls religion | the supreme god who ruled over the spirits was called "Tengri" (the great god of heaven) |
| monguls religion | every ger had idols sewn out of felt. the monguls believed these idols protected their families and animals. |
| monguls religion | Shamans- men that the Monguls believed had power over the spirits. These priests were also medicine men and witch doctors |
| Pax Mongolica(Mongul peace) 1200-1300 | The mongul rule provided a time of unified rule (lik the romans) |
| Pax Mongolica (Mongul peace) 1200-1300 | This time allowed trade routes between the East and West to be reopened |
| Pax Mongolica (mongul peace) 1200-1300 | This time also allowed scientists, doctors, craftsmen, and missionaries, to share their knowledge without fear, (this was a time of religious freedom) |
| Marco Polo(1271-1295) | The son of an italian explorer and merchant |
| Marco Polo (1271-1295) | Marco Polo traveled to China and lived there for many years and even met Kublai Khan |
| Marco Polo (1271-1295) | He wrote his travels in his famous book called The Travels of Marco Polo |
| dynasty | one family that rules a country for years and years |
| pax | peace in Latin |
| sui dynasty(581-618) | -reunited China -built Grand Canal -This family line ended when Chinese people rebelled and killed the emporor |
| tang dynasty(618-907) | -Golden age of china (a very prosperoud time) -A time of religious freedom -new inventions (ex. gunpowder) -dynasty ended after natural disasters caused unrest among farmers |
| Mongol empire | mongols were nomads(wanderers) from north of china |
| mongol empire | lived in moveable tents called "gers" |
| mongol empire | war like, savage, good fighters, horesmen |
| Ghengis Khan(1206-1227) | belonged to the yakka(mongol tribe) |
| Ghengis Khan (1206-1227) | His father was the chiefton(khan) |
| Ghengis Khan(1206-1227) | unified mongol tribes by creating laws, a government, and a military |
| Ghengis Khan(1206-1227) | Great hut terrifying leader |
| Ghengis Khan(1206-1227) | Desired to conquer all of china |
| kublai Khan | grandson of Ghengis Khan |
| kublai khan | became emporor of China |
| Kublai Khan | established Yaun dynasty in China(1279-1368) |
| Kublai khan | tried to conquer Japan but failed |