1.  Week Eleven (November 1-5)  Day 1-Chapter 12 Quiz (GRAPES Mayan, Aztec, Inca Due)  Day 2- (GRAPES Mongols, Yuan, Kamakoru Shogunate Due)  Week Twelve (November8-9)  Day 1 Chapter 13 Quiz  Week Thirteen (November 15-19)  Day 1- Chapter 14 Quiz (GRAPES Mali, Delhi Sultanate Due)  Day 2- Trade Routes Comparison  Week Fourteen (November 22-23)  Day 1- Unit Exam Chapter 8-14

2. Chapter 12

3. The Rise of the Mongols 1200– 1260  Nomadic clans –Lead by Khan –Conquered less powerful clans- demanded tribute –Women were important –Religious pluralism –Relied on settled people for certain goods  Genghis Khan

4. The Mongol Conquests, 1215–1283  Began conquering outward from Mongolia –Golden Horde –Jagadai –Il-khan –Great Khan in Mongolia  Khubilai- –caused a civil war among the Khanatates –Starts the Yuan dynasty in China

5. Causes and Effects of Conquest  Cause –Superior horsemanship, –Better bows –Cavalry charge –New military techniques and technology, –Non-Mongol soldiers into their armies; –Reputation –Took advantage of rivalries among their enemies  Effects –Increased Trade –Cosmopolitan period –transfer of knowledge –Plague

6. Mongols and Islam, 1260–1500  Constant fighting between the Il-Khans and Muslims –Khan of the Golden Horde was Muslim and fought the Il-Khan –Ended with the Conversion of the Il-Khan  Il Khan used tax farming –Over taxation –Il-Khan fell from internal problems- –attacked by Golden Horde  Timur the Lame took control of the Jagadai  Great advancements in Social sciences, astronomy, and math

7. Europe  Russia –Novogrod and Moscow became major centers –Ivan III defeated the Golden Horde in 1480— Tsar –Orthodox Christianity  Western Europe –Scared by the foreign threat –Began question society and religion because of the plague  Eastern Europe –Turkish Ottoman took over Anatolia –Began taking land from the Byzantines

8. The Yuan Empire, 1279–1368  Khubilai Khan –Built Beijing –Adopted Chinese customs and traditions –Reunified China  Very cosmopolitan  Foreigners, merchants, doctors, and non- Confucian scholars became important  Trade flourished  Construction projects  Farmers were brutalized and population declined –Internal rebellions –1368 - Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Empire

9. The Early Ming Empire, 1368–1500  Capital was Nanjing  Anti-foreign (Mongol) pro Confucian –Except Zheng He –Built upon much of the Yuan infrastructure –Closed their borders –Arrogance –Feared technology transfer  Practical knowledge decreases –Confucian knowledge grows –Civil Service examination  Vast cultural achievements –arts, and poetry

10. Korea  Koryo surrendered to the Mongols –Intermarried with the Yuan –After the Yuan collapsed so did the Koryo  Yi –Anti foreign –Great advancements

11. Japan  Kamukoru Shogunate –Stopped the Mongols –Unified their power –Expensive foreign defenses caused bankruptcy –Civil War  Ashikaga Shogunate –Weak shogun/ Strong Daimyo  Warring States period –Onin War of 1477  Tokugawa Shogunate