AP World History: Chapter 18

tents used by nomadic Turkish and mongol tribes

religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers and who communicated with the gods and the spirits of nature. Turkish religion focused around them

Turkish tribes that gained control over the Abbasid empire and fought with the Byzantine empire

-RULER-rarely ruled directly, but ruled through the leaders of allied tribes.

The Sulijug leader -CHIEFTAIN or RULER-

the site of a crushing and demoralizing defeat of Byzantine forces led by the emperor

Chinggis Khan- Ruler who made aliances with other leaders. Brought all the Mongol tribes together into one great nation.

Chinggis Khan

Chinggis Khans capital or the Mongol empire

"city of the khan" mongol capital in china

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Genghis Khan's grandson, perhaps one of mongol empires greatest rulers, spread rule into all of china. Generous.

Khubilai supported what religion?

-DIVINE WINDS- Japanese defenders contributed win to this.

A group of mongols, Khubilai's cousins and brothers, who controlled mongol in the east. Russia to west europe. Eventually fled to China

Hülegü, Khubilai's brother taking Mongol rule in Persia. More conquers than governors and lost control eventually.

goldsmith captured by Mongol empire and technically a slave, but he worked as a goldsmith in Mongol capital city, Karakorum

Alcoholic drink from animal products by fermenting mare's milk into a potent concoction

People who never formed a single, homogeneous group but rather organized into clans and tribes that were all rivals. Animals played a large part in their life style.

-BLACK DEATH- Killed 1/3 of Europe's population. Started in Southwestern China. Epidemic disease.

Powerful turkish empire that lasted from the conquest of Constantinople until 1918 and reached its peak during the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent.

Chinese dynasty that was founded by the Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan