Chapter+12+Mongolian

-Mongols are nomad from the north of China, they fighted against the Chin Empire in the 1211. -They destroyed anything that laid on their path, have no limit to their cruelness, and gain land with their strategies. (excellent skill on the horses back) (they opened the 1st safest way for merchants from West to East) - 1206: Temujin chosen as Genghis Khan -Their Ultimate leader was Genghis Khan, he dies in 1227. (on his way return to China) -They Conquer northern China in 1234; After the death of Genghis Khan. -After conquered the southern Russia, they settled north Caspian Sea and established the capital of their Kanate of the Golden Horde on the Volga River. -Their new leader was Timur, known to Europeans as Tamerlane. (seeing himself as a new Genghis Khan) -In March 1220, the mongols entered the city of Samarquand to chased down the king and killed him. -Timur wanted to completes what Gengis Khan couldn't completes,and he also dies on his way back to China.(1405)= - Rashid al- Din: attempted the first history of the world (earliest European history) - Nasir al- Din Tusi: represents beginning of Mongol interest in Muslim tradtions - Alexander Nevskii: prince of Novgorod -he persuaded princes to submit to the Mongols - Russia deeply affected be Mongol presence - Bubonic Plague strong in Crimea - Turkic nomads came to Anatolia - Beijing: Yuan capital - Early Ming Empire: 1368- 1500 - Koreans began using woodblock printing: 700s - //Kamikaze// "wind of the Gods" - 1338: Ashikaga Shogunate took control