Chapter 12.2• Targets: SWBAT -

A) Explain how the Mongols conquered their vast Empire. B) List 3 effects of the Mongol Empire on China.• Bellwork #1- List 5 achievements of the Sui, Tang, & Song Dynasties.• Bellwork #2-List the modern nations that were once part of the

Mongol Empire.• Read Chapter 12.2- 10 Reading Notes/Facts• Daily Reading Quiz 12.2• Video Notes Genghis Kahn Part 1,2, & 3• Review Questions 1-4 page 286.• Profiles in History The Stirrup• Geography Application sheet 6: The

Wind that saved Japan.• Extension-Genghis Khan defend or accuse.

Conquering & Ruling a Vast EmpireGanghis Khan 1161-1227 Universal Ruler: Golden Horde•Horse culture- 105,000(1206) organized into the decimal system, built up from squads of 10 called arbat. Famous for horse archers.•Advanced superior technology, siege warfare, and explosives.•Rewarded loyal soldiers.•Expanded from the Pacific ocean to the Caspian sea collecting fractured empires like the Muslims and marrying princesses off.•Established Khanbaliq (Beijing) 1294

Mongols effects on China

• Established the Yuan Dynasty- Restored Peace.• Improved transportation-extended the grand canal, expanded the postal

system• Increased contact and trade Europe, India & Persia.• Exempted the poor and the clergy from taxes.• Yassa-Codified everything relating to everyday life & political affairs. • Forbid the selling of women, theft of property, & fighting between

Mongols.• Decreed religious freedom & supported domestic and international.

Encouraged literacy & script.

Decline of Mongols

• Weak successors• Heavy taxes• Mongol discrimination against the Chinese led the fall of the Yuan

dynasty.• Corruption of government court.• Over spending on foreign conquest.• Internal instability.

Extension• Either defend or accuse Genghis

Khan of war crimes towards china. List any possible witnesses for or against your case on Genghis Khan.