History 1601E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Genghis Khan, Ming Dynasty, Yangban

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 1601E
• Professor: Cary Takagaki

Document Summary

One of many tribes in eastern grasslands superb horsemen and excellent archers living in the north of china. Reason for expansion: climate change (however not supported by recent findings) Reason for success: their tactics, weapons, and organization; chinese never succeeded in fielding a powerful cavalry become the first nomadic conquerors to rule all of china. Chinese court ceremonial and confucian rites revived. Semuren (mongol allies from central asia and the near east) Rejection of the examination system (only about 2 percent of the positions in the bureaucracy were filled through the examination system) Chinese required to speak their own languages, wear their own clothes and practice their own customs. Most severe punishments kept for the chinese. Murder of a mongol by a chinese resulted in death penalty. Murder of a chinese by a mongol resulted only in a fine. 1167-1227 received the mandate of heaven and subjugated all regions decline of the yuan.