Mongolian rule under Kublai KhanGabby Nelson
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Mongolian Attacks
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MOngols in china
- Mongols distanced themselves from their subjects.
- Placed strict laws upon the Chinese and saw as mere cultivators.
- Outlawed intermarriage between Mongols and Chinese.
- Forbade Chinese from learning Mongolian language.
- Suggested that China be made into pastureland for their horses.
Territories Conquered By the mongols
The golden horde
As Khubilai consolidated his hold on east Asia, his cousins and brothers tightened Mongol controls on lands to the west.
- Golden Horde overran Russia between 1237 and 1241
- Also mounted expeditions Poland, Hungary, and Eastern Germany.
- Did not occupy Russia, instead took tribute from Russian cities and provinces.
- Golden Horde stayed in control of Russia until the princes of Moscow rejected its authority.
MOngol rule in persia
Khubilai's brother toppled the Abbasid empire and established the the Mongol Ilkhanate in Persia.
When the Mongols crushed ruling regimes in settled societies they discovered....
- His troops looted the city.
- Massacred more than two hundred thousand people.
When the Mongols crushed ruling regimes in settled societies they discovered....
- They needed to govern the lands they had conquered.
- Had no experience administering societies.
- Most conquests of the Mongols fell out of their hands within a century.
Citations
https://youtu.be/VBIvE9n5bBE?list=PLD2TmIlFc4yuRRRTIz2eA-YYfKj1c8aEFhttp://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/divine-wind.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Europe
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19850234
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kublai_Khan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Europe
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19850234
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kublai_Khan