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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Chapter 12 Guided Reading

A.P. World History
Guided Reading Chapter 12
“Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath – 1200 to 1500”

Terms
1. Steppes
2. Nomadism
3. Khan
4. Shamanism
5. Bubonic plague
6. “Great Pandemic”
7. Tax farming
8. ‘The Mongol Yoke”
9. Tsar
10. Teutonic Knights

Places
11. The Ukraine

Empires / Kingdoms
12. Il-khan Empire
13. Khanate of the Golden Horde

Individuals / Peoples
14. Genghis Khan (Temujin)
15. The Mongols
16. Great Khan Ogodei
17. Marco Polo
18. Batu
19. Timur of the Jagadai Khanate
20. Ibn Khaldun
21. Nasir al-Din
22. Omar Khayyam
23. Alexander Nevskii, Prince of Novgorod
24. The Ottomans
25. The Mamluks

Questions to Outline:

1. Mongol troops had a decided technological advantage over their enemies. Describe the components of this technological advantage and how they enabled the Mongols to conquer such an enormous territory.
2. The Mongols presided over a vast cultural exchange across geographic and religious borders. What were the important intellectual developments that Europe owed to Mongol influence?
3. Discuss the effects of Mongol domination on Russia with emphasis on how it shaped Russia’s history.
4. Describe in detail the knowledge and skills that the Mongol Empire spread across Eurasia. How did the Mongols integrate different cultural and intellectual traditions?
5. What tensions were there between the Mongols and the Muslims?

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