Ap World History s9

AP WORLD HISTORY Mr Rooney Chapter 18 Study Guide

Identifications: Tughril Beg Mahmud of Ghazni Marco Polo Chinggis Khan(Temujin) Khubilai Khan Hulegu Tamurlane (Timur the Lame) Osman Turks Sultan Mehmed II Yurts Kumiss Shamans Khan Sultan Saljuq Turks Manzikurt Karakorum Khanbaliq Chaghatai Golden Horde Yuan Dynasty Ilkhanate of Persia Uighur Turks Ottoman Turks Lamaist Buddhism Istanbul Bubonic plague

Study Questions: 1. What does the story of Guillaume Boucher represent? How does it fit in with Mongol strategies for Eurasian integration? 2. How did the geography of central Asia affect the development of the nomadic cultures? How did these people adapt to their environment? What advantages did their adaptation give them? 3. Discuss the military organization, techniques and strategies of these Asian nomads. How did these abilities make their military so formidable? 4. How did the Mongols come to conquer China? What were the key elements in their success? 5. What does the textbook mean when it states that most of the Mongol leaders were better conquerors than administrators? How was this evident in the various Mongol states? Were there exceptions to the rule? 6. Through what means did the Mongols integrate Eurasian cultures? List and explain at least five ways that they did this. 7. Discuss the role of epidemics in the decline of the Mongol Empires. 8. Who was Tamurlane, and what was his lasting legacy? 9. How did the Turks come to topple the Byzantine Empire? 10. What role did religion(s) play in the nomadic empires? What generalizations can you make? What are the significant differences?