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AP World
Ch 3 Pt 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Silk Roads | Trade networks, allowed diffusion of goods, cultures, and ideas |
| Neo-Confuscianism | Studied traditional Confucian ideals and arts, incorporating Buddhist morals |
| Mongols | Brought Eurasia together, pastoral, tribal, Chinggis (Genghis) Khan |
| Mongol world war | About 50 years, Mongols kept expanding for resources, fragmentation of China and decline of Islamic world |
| Genghis Khan | Temujin, born poor, trusted friends rather than family, won with support from Chinese patrons |
| Pax Mongolica | Peace, safe trade, postal system, bubonic plague |
| Khanate | Regions ruled by Khans, 4 khanates after Genghis death |
| Khubilai Khan | Grandson of Genghis Khan, Yuan Dynasty, benevolent confucius ruler |
| Ming Dynasty | Importance of Confucius values, wiped out Mongol influence |
| Marco Polo | European trader, told stories |
| Black Death | Bubonic plague, spread through Silk Roads, fleas on rats |