Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration

Nomadic Society and its effects on trade.

• There were 2 types of people: nobles and commoners
• They basically ruled themselves because the nobles did not do anything
• Commoners could be promoted when they showed courageous behaivior  
• during war

Turkish military expansion

• Khans ruled tribes through other tribes
• They had superior equistrian skills 
• and good military formations and fighting techniques 
• This meant that they had a very good army

How Genghis Khan attained power

• He made an alliance with a prominent mongol clan leader
• Showed courage in battle
• He betrayed a lot of people for his own goals
• He got the Mongol empire to be one empire

Describe how the Mongols were organized politically

• Genghis khan had complete power and he appointed people to posts. 
• He usually chose people he thought were good for the job.

Mongolian rule under Kublai Khan.

• He unified China
• He sent expeditions to other parts of China
• He divided the Mongols into 4 divisions

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