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40 Cards in this Set
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nomads roamed around and formed
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clans
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how were the steppe a threat to other countries
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they were more cultrually developed
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who were the first people to evolve from the steppe
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Seljuk Turks
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The city in which Abbasid rulers were centered was where
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Baghdad
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What significant reason benefitteed the Turks and helped them build an empire
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The evtually gained control of all trade routes
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At what batttle the Turks defeat the byzantines
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at the battle of Manzikert
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Who was emperor and what did he fear? What did he do?
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The emperor,Alexius 1, feared the loss of his territory so he called on the pope for help
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What region did the Turks conquer that led to the first crusade?
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Palestine
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What the Turk's victory over Palestine lead to?
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The first crusade
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Who invaded the turks?
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the Mongols
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Why did the Turks government collapse?
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they lacked traditions, couldnt't hold empire together, were weakened by internal upheavals
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Who were the other nomadic invaders?
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The Mongols
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What did the mongolsl live in?
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yurts
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What were the main things the Mongols hunted for?
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meat and mare's milk
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What expertise did they develop that helped them fight?
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horseback and arrow
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Who organized the scattered clans under one government?
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Temujin
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Who formed a new code from a compiled source of Mongol laws
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Temujin
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What was the new law code that was developed during the mongol period called
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yasa
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What was temujin's greatest achievement?
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organized mongol armies into disciplined units not done by family ties
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The word that means absolute ruler
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"khan"
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What was the other name of Temujin? What did it mean
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Great Kahn-universal ruler
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What was Khan's ultimate goal
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to create a uiversal empire
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When their army had victories what happened
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It brought money to the Mongols and new people
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What Helped the Mongols defeat the Chinese?
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Gun powder, storming ladders, battering rams
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Who was the leader after Genghis Kahn
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Ogadai Khan
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What did Ogadai Khan do?
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they moved some of the forces westward
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Who led the other army of Mongols?
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Batu
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What was Batu's greatest achivement?
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he led army through and conquered the Slavic lands, crossed the carpathian mountains into eastern territory
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What did Batu do when he recieved word of Ogadai's death
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returned to Russia
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Before a new khan was selected to take Ogadai's place who ruled his army?
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his wife
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What happened when the Mongols invaded the Middle East
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they used terror to force, they destroyed cities and killed many, captured baghdad and enslaved it's inhabitants
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what happened after the destruction of Baghdad?
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It was a major setback in Islamic civilization
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Who were the Mamulks
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muslim military groupd ruling over Egypt
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Who controled the largest land empire in history
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mongols
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What were two effects of have the largest land empire
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brought peace to the region
there was an encourage of growth rate and cultural contacts |
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What eventually happend to the Mongol empire
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the unity crumbled and gave allegiance to Khan, the local ruler became self reliant, mongol territories developed independent domains
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Who was the devout muslim that wanted to spread Islam and claimed he decsended from Genghis Kahn?
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Timur Lenk (Tamerlane)
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What were Timur Lenk's achievements
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created important centers of civilization, united turkish mongol by conquest
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Who eventually began to invade their "lost lands"
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The Ottoman turks
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What was Samarkand famous for?
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their tombs
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