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Start up • What advantages would Mongol warriors (or any warriors) gain by fighting on horseback? What was the largest empire in the history of mankind? Nope…not the Romans Close..but not Alexander’s Greek Hellenistic Empire Persians….nah Not the Mughals…or the Ottomons… No, Not the Aztecs… Mongols ________ herders & warriors Skilled horsemen • Expert warriors on horseback Rival Mongol clans fought each other: Genghiz Khan • The chieftain that united all the Mongol clans The Golden Horde Forced conquered people to pay…. TRIBUTE Walled cities • Mongols had a problem getting inside the walled cities of China • Incorporated canons in his arsenal Territories • Mongols took Pax Mongolia • What does PAX mean? • Protected the road across Eurasia • Cultural diffusion Kublai Khan • Genghiz Khan’s grandson • Took over the _Song_____ dynasty Yuan Dynasty • Mongol dynasty • Only allowed Mongols in the military and government Marco Polo • Visits China during Kublai Khan’s rule Ming Dynasty • The Yuan Dynasty is overthrown by the Ming dynasty – Chinese dynasty – Restored the civil service test, and Confucian Ideals Zheng He • 1405 • 62 large ships & hundreds of smaller ships • 25,000 sailors • Prime directive: to promote trade and collect tribute South East Asia 1. 2. 3. 4. Zheng He dies • 1433 • Ming outlaws sea-ship building – Why? Why? • High cost & little return • Ethnocentrism 60 years later….. • Christopher Columbus sails from Spain Short ParagraphDescribe: WHAT IF THE MING DID NOT STOP EXPLORING?
