1. Warm Up 11/30 Get out the following things:
Caliphates in Brief (in binder)
Abbasid Map (worksheet)
House of Wisdom (in binder)
Make sure your name is on them
Staple them and turn them in

2. The Mongols: A Brief History

3. Roman Empire: 5 million km2

4. Mongol Empire: 24 million km2

5. The Mongols A confederation of people.
The various ethnic groups that compose the Mongols lived north of China for millennia.
Like many nomads, the Mongols were very involved in trade.

6. Genghis Khan Also known as Chinggis Khan Unified the Mongol peoples
History’s most successful conqueror

7. Mongol Conquest:

8. Mongol Conquests The Mongols conquer: China Tibet Khwarezmia Persia
Mesopotamia
Eastern Europe
All of Central Asia

9. Mongol Armies Extremely successful Undefeated from 1206-1260
By 1270, they could be found from Poland to Japan to Egypt to Vietnam

10. Questions about the Mongols:
How did a small group of people manage to conquer almost all of Asia?
How did the Mongol Empire affect regions it conquered?
We will be looking towards both with a Webquest today.

11. Task: Choose a partner or trio
Take a surface and head to the website identified on the webquest (is hyperlinked on Mr Best’s site)
Follow the directions on the webquest worksheet.