CHIN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Zhu Xi, Old Uyghur Alphabet
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Highlighted in yellow means artwork, probably won"t appear on the test. Highlighted in red means artwork that she talks about for a long ass time, and will most likely be on final. Chose leaders through this process known as tanistry. Khublai khan hunting, painting by liu guandao 1280. Son of a tribal chieftain, his personal name was temujin. Avenged the death of father, then attracted an army of loyal followers. In 1206, at the mongol council, he was formally declared great khan . Under his leadership, mongols conquered mongolia, manchuria, korea, central. By 1227, ruled from pacific ocean to the caspian sea. Took title of khagan, or great khan, higher status than khan, in 1229, Continued conquests, expanding empire into georgia, persia, armenia, kiev, Less about the size, and more about the tactics. Put dummies on horses to make their army appear gigantic. Military tech adopted from conquered grops, such as iron stirrups(jurchen), iron-
