HIST 11051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Hulagu Khan, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty
28 Apr 2019
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Used for records and correspondence at the upper levels of the imperial government. No chinese women in the royal or imperial harems. Mongols central nomads/ muslims northern chinese ethnic chinese minority peoples of the south. Tolerated all religious traditions in china, including confucianism, daoism, buddhism, and. Mongols would not use foot binding and most mongol women remained independent. Launched invasions into vietnam, cambodia, burma, and java. Humid, tropical jungles were difficult to adapt to. Used paper money but did not maintain adequate reserves of the bullion that backed up the paper notes, which led to massive inflation. Yuan dynasty was followed by the ming dynasty and revival of traditional values through neo- Mongols (and allies occupied the highest administrative positions, but persians served as ministers, provincial governors, and state officials at all lower levels. Persians could administer the ilkhnate as long as they delivered taxes and maintained order. Tolerated all religions (including islam, christianity, buddhism, and judaism)
