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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

Review List the places we have learned this year that have been invaded by the Mongols-

By total area: British Empire (1922), 33 By total area: British Empire (1922), 33.7 million square km spread all over the world By contiguous (unbroken) area: Mongol Empire (ca 1300), 33.0 million sq. km By% of world population: Persian Empire (ca. 480 BC), 44% By % of world GDP: USA (1945) 33%

Nomadic herders & warriors

Skilled horsemen Expert warriors on horseback Stirrups-

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 northern China, Russia, and Muslim lands

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 MING= BRILLIANT ZHU YUANZHANG The Yuan Dynasty is overthrown by the Ming dynasty Chinese dynasty Restored the civil service test, and Confucian Ideals ZHU YUANZHANG

Zheng He 1405 62 large ships & hundreds of smaller ships 25,000 sailors Prime directive: to promote trade and collect tribute

South East Asia S.E. Asia India Red Sea Persian Gulf

Zheng He dies Ethnocentric? COST?? 1433 Ming outlaws sea-ship building Why? Ethnocentric? COST??

Why? High cost & little return Ethnocentrism WEAKENS CHINA !!!

60 years later….. Christopher Columbus sails from Spain WHAT IF???