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Random Notes of Doom

Random Notes of Doom. Okay, really this is about the Mongols and Africa. Mongols. Pastoral nomads Steppes of Central Asia Great horsemen Used shortbow Stirrup (allowed you to use your bow on a horse) Chinese introduced them to

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Random Notes of Doom

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  1. Random Notes of Doom Okay, really this is about the Mongols and Africa

  2. Mongols • Pastoral nomads • Steppes of Central Asia • Great horsemen • Used shortbow • Stirrup (allowed you to use your bow on a horse) • Chinese introduced them to • Catapult, gunpowder, cannons, flaming arrows, and battering rams • Needed veggies to supplement meat and milk so…. • Kept trade going between East and West • Spread Bubonic Plague along trade routes

  3. Organization • Basic unit was tribe • If war, joined together in confederation • Temujin was the first to unite the Mongols (1206) • Renamed Chinggis (Genghis) Khan (ultimate ruler) Grrr… I’m so mean….angry…

  4. Conquerors • 13th C. took over Song Dynasty • By 15th C Were dominate • Conquered China, Persia, and Russia • Largest empire in history • Tolerant toward religions • More interested in tribute than territory

  5. Eurasia on the Eve on Mongol Conquest

  6. Expansion to Russia • Russians called Mongols Tartars • Cities that resisted were massacred • Mongols set up tribute called the Golden Horde • Serfdom rose; peasants gave up land for protection • Moscow became major center because Tribute collected there • Mongol rule kept Russia isolated from the rest of Europe

  7. Mongols in Persia • Mongols took Baghdad in 1258 • Ended the Abbasid Empire • Mongols also defeated the Seljuk Turks • Stopped by the Mamluks in Egypt

  8. Mongols in China • Mongols took over Song • Under leadership of Kublai Khan (1271) • Kublai was Genghis’ grandson • The Mongol dynasty was called the Yuan Dynasty from 1271-1368

  9. Impact in China • Chinese forbidden to learn Mongol writing • Intermarriage was outlawed • No civil service exam • Religious toleration • Brought in scholars and artisans from other societies • Marco Polo visited, increased European interest in Asia • Merchants gained status

  10. Impact on Eurasia • ***Facilitation of Trade*** • Pax Mongolica (Mongol Peace) • Spread the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) • Up to 25,000,000 died in China • 1/3 the population of Europe died Kuriltai

  11. Bantu Migration(which doesn’t have anything to do with Mongols!) • 2000 BCE people in Western Africa began migrating east • Probably due to population • Continued until 1500 CE • Spread knowledge of: • Cattle raising • Farming the edge of rainforest • ironworking

  12. Africanity • Bantu migration also spread Bantu language • Syncretic language: • Swahili: mix of Arabic, Indian, and Bantu • Still major language today • Animistic religion • Oral traditions preserved by Griots (storytellers) • All property communal • Society organized into age grades • Age group that shared responsibilities Modern Griot

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