Mongols

Papermaking was transferred to the west by a Chinese prisoner. So, yeah… pretty much paper making… That’s why its here. 2. The Mongols vs. Afro-Eurasia We’ve already mentioned the Mongols as big-deal world power in this era, but what they’re getting at here is that the Pax Mongolica or Mongol peace allowed for unprecedented world trade and the spread of many East Asian technologies to the West (ex. Gunpowder & Bubonic Plague) 3. The Crusaders vs. Anybody…

dynasty and the Han dynasty. Though building something of such size and greatness was quite the challenge. There were many hardships involved with the wall, though there were benefits because of the wall as well, such as protection against the Xiongnu Mongols. The costs of the Great Wall of Ancient China outweighed the benefits because of the money expenses, the use of citizen’s lives, and the wall was inadequate. The costs of the Great Wall outweighed the benefits because of the money…

of these areas, but if allowed them to be apart of there communities if they convert to the Nation of Islam. At the same time, a Mongol Empire was thriving who often had an alliance with the Nomadic Turks. The nomadic Mongols had many similarities to the nomadic Turks and pledge their loyalty to a noble families. Chinggis Khan was able to the get majority of the Mongols tribes to build an alliance with one another creating one of the biggest empires and would make the…

skill. They used horses as their main means of transportation moving their army up to 70 miles a day on their conquest to conquer Afro-Eurasia. The Mongols used two key ideas to conquer their enemies. The mounted archer had pinpoint accuracy up to great distances while his horse was in full gallop underneath him. Along with these deadly archers, Mongols used an advanced method of warfare called the “feigned retreat” in which their soldiers would sound a sudden retreat call right in the middle of…

cultural and economic. It has taken different forms, from the conquest of the Mongol Empire to the dictatorship period of King Leopold II in the Congo, and a much altered when the United States applied the methods of imperialism to the global economy. Certainly, the old and the new imperialism have had both positive and negative effects on different parts of the world. Going back in time, during the 13th century, the Mongol Empire was created by Genghis Khan and was one of the most powerful…

Seljuks were Turkic nomads from Turkmenistan, related to the Uighurs, who entered the Abbasid empire around 950 AD and gradually converted to Sunni Islam. By 1030 AD the Seljuks were beginning to try to get power for themselves, and they soon conquered the Ghaznavids (who were also Turkic) and controlled most of Persia (modern Iran). Their capital was at Isfahan. Like the Ghaznavids, the Seljuks spoke Persian and encouraged Persian culture. By 1055, the Seljuk king Togrul Beg had conquered Iraq…

known as the European Renaissance. There were many causes to this, both proximate and long term. One long term cause of the collapse of the decline of the Christian Catholic Church. Another long term cause is the protection of trade routes by the Mongols. A proximate cause however is Byzantium near its collapse. One long term factor that was a major cause of the Renaissance was the decline of the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church was quite a powerful structure early in the 11th…

Cross-cultural interaction had extreme impacts on the future use of travel networks of the world, as well as future global interactions and popular culture. The greatest causes of cross-cultural interaction from 1000 to 1500 CE were religious and diplomatic pursuits, the emergence of growing commercial centers, and nomadic invasions. The impacts of the interactions included events with the environment including the Bubonic plague, which caused a lesser population, the moving of humans in…

postal service, glasses and other innovations that had not yet being developed in Europe. He also told partially untrue self-aggrandizing tales about warfare, business, geography, court intrigues and the sexual practices of the people who lived in the Mongol…

importance of the phrase Ivan III is that he was the prince of Moscow. In addition to that, he challenged Mongol rule and wanted to make Russia the “Third Rome.” Also, refused to pay the Mongols, so their armies faced each other at the Ugra River. None of the armies wanted to make the first move, so after a certain time both armies just went home. This standoff marked Russia’s liberation from the Mongols. After this liberation, the czars could acquire their own empire. • The historical…