Governance, Economic Systems of Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire THEMES: Governance, Economic Systems, Cultural Developments and Interactions LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3: Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change. RISE OF THE MONGOLS Over the course of World History many peoples took the stage, but by far the most significant of . They emerged in the 13th century and within only a few years controlled the largest them are the in all human history. The Mongols gave us no new , no new , and no lasting . was born in the 12th century into a network of Mongolian tribes that were fractured and at war with one another. One of the distinctive features of his method of is worth noting. Instead of destroying his enemies or enslaving them, he made the people he conquered part of his tribe. And on the wave of his growing power, a tribal council in 1206 recognized him as supreme leader of a newly unified Mongol nation. S U M M A R I Z E the notes above in your own words. (2-4 sentences) , the The Mongol Empire THEMES: Governance, Economic Systems, Cultural Developments and Interactions LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3: Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change. MONGOLS IN CHINA Genghis Khan’s first leg of expansion was into . The first thing to note is that the Mongol Empire grew without a guiding . Mongol success lay in the organization of their army. Genghis Khan reorganized the entire Mongol society into of 10,000, 1,000, 100, and 10. Genghis Khan’s reputation for spread to the surrounding nations, and did much of the work for him before he even got to those places. Genghis Khan allowed conquered peoples to keep their as long as they didn’t become the center of political opposition. The Mongol conquest of was the most difficult and extended of all. It began in northern China and the Mongols’s concern was were more concerned with to keep their land as long as they pledged The result of the China conquest was the and . As they worked their way to southern China, they the local population. For example, they allowed landowners . of China. In fact, some of the more learned Confucians were persuaded that the Mongols had been given the their people. to rule over The Mongol Empire THEMES: Governance, Economic Systems, Cultural Developments and Interactions LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3: Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change. M O N G O L S I N C H I N A cont’d. They even established a new dynasty called the were improved, dynasty. And under the authority of this dynasty, were built, and the Mongol leaders very much ruled like beneficent were patronized. So leaders. S U M M A R I Z E the notes above in your own words. (2-4 sentences) MONGOLS IN PERSIA In relatively short order, the Muslim In 1258, at the sacking of fell to Mongol attacks. alone, the Mongols put over Even so, the Mongols were far more transformed themselves by the Mongols. They made use of the Persian conquered Persia became people to death. than the Persians were by the system. Most significant is that the Mongols who in large part. The Mongol Empire THEMES: Governance, Economic Systems, Cultural Developments and Interactions LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3: Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change. S U M M A R I Z E the notes from the previous page in your own words. (2-4 sentences) R E S P O N D to the learning objective with an evidence-based, argumentative thesis. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time. The Mongol Empire THEMES: Governance, Economic Systems, Cultural Developments and Interactions LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1: Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3: Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change. R E S P O N D to the learning objectives with an evidence-based, argumentative thesis. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time. LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time.