The+Mongols

VOCABULARY:
**Steppes**- dry, grass, covered plains
 * Pastorlists**- a member of a nomadic group that herds animals
 * Clans**- a group a people descended from a common ancestor
 * Genghis Khan**- Universal ruler of the Mongol clans
 * Kublai Khan**- spent most of life in China, Genghis Khan's Grandson, started the Yuan Dynasty
 * Kamikaze**- literal translation: the divine wind. The name of the storm that saved Japan from a Mongol invasion.
 * Marco Polo**- a venetian trader, spent 17 years in court of Kublai Khan's civil service
 * Yurt**- a portable tent used by the Mongols

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==The Mongols were nomadic, meaning they didn't stay in one place to live, but traveled everywhere. In order for them to survive, they built these mini-houses called Yurts. These Yurts were built on wheels so the Mongols could pull them around while they were traveling. ==
 * ~Erica Klafehn **

MAJOR CONCEPTS:

 * 1) Mongolian Empire= LARGEST IN THE WORLD!!!
 * 2) Genghis Khan led Mongols to success
 * 3) Opened up trade between the two hemispheres (East and West)

MONGOLS TOP 10 FACTS :
**1. They had the largest land empire ever. 2. The reason they were so deadly and successful is they never built permanent cities. 3. Under Genghis Khan, travel finally became safe 4. Genghis Khan was such a good leader because he surrounded himself with wise men. 5. Genghis Khan had the first written Mongolian language created. 6. Kublai Khan created a dynasty in China. 7. Kublai Khan invaded by government, while Genghis Khan invaded by force. 8. Although the Mongol empire is the largest land empire, it was also one of the shortest lived empires. 9. The Mongol culture was based totally on warfare. 10. The Mongols were a contributing factor in the Renaissance, by making travel safer. The Italian merchants made money from the trade routes that the Mongols opened up, so they had extra money to hire the artists, therefore bringing about the Renaissance. **

MAP OF MONGOL EMPIRE: ~Stephanie Fernaays
==As you can see, Genghis Khan led his troops all over Asia and Europe, gaining land to build the Monglian Empire. == **~Erica Klafehn**

IMPORTANT PEOPLE:
***Genghis Khan ** ~Erica Klafehn
 * Father of Mongol Nation
 * Established an empire that brought peace, stability and unity to much of central and eastern Asia
 * Powerful, Strong, Determined leader
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Mongols referred to him as the Holy Warrior
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">His empire was 4 times as big at the empire of Alexander the Great
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Died of illness in 1227

Genghis Khan -Jillian McCord

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">***Kublai Khan** <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">~Erica Klafehn
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Found new dynasty called Yuan Dynasty
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Grandson of Genghis Khan
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Emperor of China
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">United China
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Made changes in Government
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">His palace impressed Marco Polo

Kublai Khan -Jillian McCord

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">***Marco Polo** <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">~Erica Klafehn, Jillian McCord & Stephanie Fernaays Marco Polo -Jillian McCord
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Merchant from Italy
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Traveled to the far east
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Told his stories to the prisoners in jail with him; one of them eventually wrote a book on his travel, it was poorly received
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Became an official in Kublai Khan's court
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Sent on secret important missions by Kublai Khan
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Asked if his tales were true on his deathbed, and he replied that he hadn't even told half of his tales.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">One of the 1st Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China

Primary Source:
<span style="color: rgb(24,205,41);"><span style="color: rgb(14,196,31);">"More precious and costly wares are imported into Khanbalik(Beijing) than into any other city in the world....All the treasures that come from India- precious stones, pearls, and other rarities-are brought here. So too are the choicest and costliest products of Cathay(China) itself and every other province...Every day more than 1000 cart loads of silk enter the city; for much cloth of gold and silk is woven here." ~Marco Pol o's description of Beijing

Fast Facts:
<span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff6200; font-family: Georgia, serif;">-Every Mongol Warrior wore silk underwear which protected them because the arrows could not pierce the strong silk -In less than 50 years the Mongols had conquered territory from China to Poland -On the steppes, there are bitterly cold winters (-57 degrees Fahrenheit) and hot summers (96 degrees Fahrenheit) -Genghis Khan had Chinese engineers build new weapons including catapults and gunpowder charges -The Mongol Empire was governed by a code of law devised by Genghis Khan, called //Yassa//, meaning "order" or "decree".

~Jillian McCord & Erica Klafehn