Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Mongols
- Ghengis Khan
- Original Name: Temüjin
- Changed name to "Genghis"
to mean "Universal Ruler"
- Military Leader
- Imposed strict military discipline
- Demanded absolute loyalty
- Leader of all the
Mongols until death
(1227)
- Died before he could
complete goal of
conquering all of China
- Kublai Khan
- Grandson of Genghis
- Ruled over China
- Dynasty called "Yuan Dynasty"
- Did not want Chinese influence to
change the Mongol culture
- Only allowed Mongols
in the army
- Allowed some Chinese to be
political officials
- Extended the Grand Canal
to open trade
- Ruled tributary states of
Tibet and Korea
- Originally just a nomadic tribe that
was self-sufficient
- Became a great nation that conquered
many lands
- Empire strechted from Korea to
areas in the European continent
- Characteristics
- Conquerers
- Often ruthless
- Used new technologies to
defeat enemies
- Quickly adapted to
defeat any obstacles
- Rulers
- Expressed tolerance and
justice
- Accepted various
religions
- Conquerd lands were
often tributary states
- Trade expanded greatly