Genghis Khan Presentation

And the Mongols

In 1206, the Mongols banded together and

elected a leader for the purpose of expanding their

empire: Genghis Khan. The Mongols were skilled in the crafts of archery and horse riding from their experiences as nomads and quickly took over a good amount of Asia; the Silk Road had established connections between the Asian nations and those connections were quickly reestablished once the Mongols conquered everything. The system was once again used for trade and communication as in its former years.

There are tales of the mongols having huge armies,

this is not true. The armies were usually far less in number

than what a leader like Napoleon would have used.

Now you know why John Green always says "Unless you're the Mongols"

This a Mongolian Yurt, this was used a mobile house. often used by hunters and the army. It was easy to put and take down

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This is a Mongolian horse bow, used by the

riders to mercilessly shoot

down their foes from over 100 yards

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Mongolian war tactics before siege machines:

Breaking platoons.

Dust cloud ponies.

Prisoners of war shock troops.

Strict discipline, making the Romans look like a joke.

After siege weapons:

All of the above.

Fire catapults to set fires.

Flamethrowers of burning ash.

An illustration of the Mongols' war prowess.

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Genghis Khan

Conqueror, World Traveler, Barbarian

His real name was Temüjin, he named himself at a young age

Temujin being proclaimed

Genghis Khan

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Mongolian people were the first

to use saddles to give their

riders more mobility.

(roughly) the size of the expansion of the silk road

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This is the type of saddle that

the mongols used to further there horse man ship.

Firstly:

Temüjin was first elected Khan of his tribe because the elders viewed him as a puppet.

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Conquest

Motivations of Genghis Khan

establishment of the state

Genghis Khan's sons

Genghis Khan brought in many scholars to assist him in issues of religion and state.

The Yuan Dynasty is officially started because Mongolia finished the conquest of South China

The death of Temüjin's father. His death later sparked the motivations for Genghis Khan's conquest and unification of Mongol tribes.

The Mongolian empire is divided among Genghis Khan's sons.

The Silk Road was a large-scale system of trade and communication between Asian countries, spreading not only wares such as silk, salt and ceramics (pictured) but cultural elements such as religion, language and art. The trade systems can be traced back to around the 3rd century BCE to near the present day.

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The Silk Road

1227

Genesis of a unified Silk Road

End of the Chinese Silk Road

1206

The Silk Road under the Chinese control had mostly faded with the end of the Tang Dynasty (around the end of the 9th century) and Chang'an was lost to raiders and bandits.

A significant unification of the Asian entities to fend off an opposing tribe, primarily controlled and established by China; this system was a base on which Genghis Khan and the Mongols were able to form their empire.

1271

742 CE

138 BCE

End of the 9th

century

Peak period of the Silk Road

Flourishing time of the Chinese city Chang'an, which was somewhat of a capital of the Silk Road; at this point the population of this city had reached 2 million. This was a further development of the infrastructure the Mongols used, although the city itself dissipated to some degree after the 9th century.

1261

1276

1218

1171

Yuan Dynasty

The death of Genghis Khan

The choosing of the great Khan

Genghis Khan and the Mongols impact on conquered cultures

Khubilai Khan establishes the Yuan Dynasty

Temüjin is elected Genghis (sometimes spelled Chinggis) Khan (Universal ruler) by a council of Mongol chieftains

Although no one knows how he died, he died fighting his last campaign in the east. (Marco Polo wrote in one of his journals later on that he was suspected to have died from an arrow to the knee. This is very inaccurate.)

Genghis Khan brought in many scholars from conquered lands to assist him in issue of religion and state

He established a law code including judges to handle court cases and brought in a scholar to invent a script for the Mongolian language

Through Mongols conquering many lands they increased trade and agricultural development

Mongols helped give Islam a cutting edge

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spear with iron tip

The Yuan dynasty and its effects on Mongol civilization

The people living in the Yuan dynasty contributed many important tools to the Mongolian empire

The Chinese living in the Yuan dynasty contributed gun powder to the Mongols as well as new spears tipped with iron and slingshots

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The Mongolian alphabet

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Gun Powder