EALC 001 Final: EALC001 notes on the mongol empire in China
16 Jan 2019
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Description/definition : a mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern china and southwestern asia. Jin had half of population of south china at that time, but jin was in charge of traditional centre of chinese civ (eg. chang an, luoyang) Way that china was conquered in the two areas, when they came into north. China, it happened under genghis khan, the second one of south china happened under qubilai khan. Military leader who started off by avenging death of father. Subdued several mongol/ turkic tribes -> built up army of loyal followers. Fully militarised mongol society/ new military nobility created. To reduce internal disorder, he issued death as a penalty for those who stole/ committed adultery. Despite being illiterate, he saw the importance of having written records, so he ordered uighur script to be adopted for writing mongol.
