NOMATIC EMPIRES AND EURASIAN INTEGRATION

NOMADIC SOCIETY AND EFFECT ON TRADE

• There is too little rainfall in central china to support large groups
• Gazing animals thrive, so people turned to herding
• Migratory patternes followed pastureland
• They had trade links between the settled people

TURKISH MILITARY EXPANSION

• Turkish conqueor timur
• He united turkish nomads in Khanate of Chaghatai
• Major military campaigns
• Built capital in Samarkand

GENGHIS KHAN

• He abolished torture, embraced religious freedom
• He united disparate tribes, hated aristocratic privilege
• Loved learning, ran kingdoms methodically

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF MONGOLS

• They broke up tribal organization
• Formed military units from men of different tribes
• Promoted officials based on merit and loyalty
• Set a non nomadic califal at Karakorum

MONGOLIAN RULE UNDER KUBLAI KHAN

• Ruthless warrior, but religiously tolerant
• Established yuan dynasty
• Unsuccessful forags into vietnam, cambodia, burma and java
• 2 attempts of invasions in japan
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