HIST 1011 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Rabban Bar Sauma, Kublai Khan, Genghis Khan
Document Summary
13th century events refashioned eurasia: destroyed old states. Creating new ones: disrupting existing communications. Eurasian civilizations benefited from enhanced contacts the mongols fostered. Mongols used forceful methods: used terror and massacres to overcome enemies. Razed cities, destroyed crops, slaughtered elites and depleted peoples. Mongols in forests: hunters and small-scale pig breeders. Mongols in steppes (large area of unforested grassland) of the central asia land (now called. Mongolia: horse-borne nomads and shepherds, in early 12th century: Bands/alliances that were formed got bigger and raids against neighboring peoples become more menacing: result of slow economic change. Contact with richer neighbors gave mongol chiefs opportunities for enrichment as mercenaries or raiders. Khan: the most dynamic leader, temujin, proclaimed himself khan in 1206, means all those who live in felt tents , traditionally rendered as genghis khan in roman alphabet. Temujin: toyed with contradictory roles such as: Warlord who intimidated enemies into submission by massacre. Avenger of insults to his dynasty and tribe.
