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-located in present-day Inner Mongolia
-Yuandadu (currently Beijing) as the capital |
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| Kublai Khan; founder of the Yuan Dynasty; leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan |
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| Genghis Khan; Kublai Khan's grandfather, who was officially placed on imperial records as the founder of the dynasty. |
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| When did Genghis Khan rule? |
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| What are three things Kublai Khan did when he got control of China? |
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1. became an absolute ruler
2. combined Mongol culture with China
3. moved capital to Beijing |
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| What major change in society took place under the roll of Kublai? |
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| He made a 4-leveled social structure |
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| Name the two main things that improved during Kublai Khan's rule. |
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| What political affect did Kublai have on China? |
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| he was responsible for lowering their social status in the government |
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| Name two major contributing factors to the decline of the Yuan Dynasty. |
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| Famine and internal conflict |
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| True or false: Genghis Khan used cruelty as a weapon. |
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| Served Kublai for about 17 years, venetian trader, and learned lots of asian languages |
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| These are the four regions that make up the Mongol empire, which are all ruled by a descendant of Genghis Khan |
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| What did pastoralists do? |
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| herded domesticated animals |
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| Why were Asian nomads so dependent on animals? |
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| for clothes, food, and shelter |
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| What was the deciding factor of the Steppe Nomads clans? |
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| Currency of the Yuan Dynasty |
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| the map is showing the migration routes for nomadic groups in eastern Europe and western Asia on the Western Steppe |
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| location of the eastern steppe; which covers present day Mongolia |
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| trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles) that is used to move and trade silk, as well as other expensive and exotic goods |
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| A strong ceramic material; exported from China to Europe and other parts of Asia. |
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