Mongol+Scavenger+Hunt+3

** EACH GROUP SHOULD PRODUCE AND PRINT A DOCUMENT THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS **
Robert and Matthew 1. **One paragraph biographies, on 2 different famous Mongols.**' Marco Polo was a merchant from the Venetian Republic who wrote //Il Milione//, which introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, travelled through Asia and met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. He was born in 1254 and then later died in 1324

Genghis Kahn was the founder, //Khan// (ruler) and //Khagan// (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history.He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan", he started the Mongol invasions and raids of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western Xia and Jin dynasties. He then later died in 1227 from An illness not violince 2. **Pictures or Drawing of the 2 famous Mongols. (If available)** 3. **Maps of the four famous Mongols conquest, & a map of the 4 Khanates (kingdoms).** ** (That's 5 Maps Total) ** -The Il-Khanate of Persia (founded by Hulagu in 1260) did not fare so well at start, struggling with the economy and another embarrassing defeats by the Mameluks. -The Blue Horde in Russia enjoyed a period of fairly good economic activity -The Chaghadai Khanate grew directly out of the ulus inherited by Chingis's son Chaghadai - White Horde" did have some type of coalition with one another, they were really separate entities until the later unification by Toktamish Khan.

4. **Complete answers to the 10 Key Questions below.**

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING 10 KEY QUESTIONS
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 * 1) How did geography contribute to the success of the Mongols?- Because they were in the middle of a trade route in between Europe and Asia, it also allowed easy passage for the land around them. [[image:http://www.kazakhstanbirdtours.com/images/steppe%20grassland.jpg width="228" height="182" align="center" caption="Steppe"]]
 * 1) What was the nature of the military organization established by Genhis Kahn?-The nature of the Ganghis Khan Millitary was he was feared by many cultures and often tricked enimies into fighting them.
 * 2) What forces led to the rise of the Mongols?- The Mongols had good coverage from the enimies and it helped the Mongols Survive for as long as they did.
 * 3) How were a nomadic people able to conquer more advanced civilizations?- They had a great advantage from their Vast armies to the Great Protection from the Mountains and the Great Platues. It also helped because the Mongols already had a great Metal for swords and sheilds.
 * 4) What was the impact of the Mongol conquest of Russia and the Islamic heartlands?- It changed so many of the religions of the Middle East and it helped the Mongols succeed in so much more as in taking over more advanced Civilations
 * 5) Why was the Mongol defeat in Japan significant?- It was significant because the Japenese had fought the Mongols and they held off both mongol atttacks in 1274 and again in 1281, the 2nd fleet that was sent carried 150,000 Mongol, chinese and korean warriors.
 * 6) What were the positive aspects of the Mongol conquest?-It was an attempt to further extend his empire, kublai sent several expodations into southeast Asia. His armies and navies suffered many humiliating defeats at a huge expense of lives and equipment.
 * 7) What was the impact of the Mongol conquest on Chinese society and political structure?-Heavy spending on fruitless wars, on public works, and on the other luxuries of the Yuan court burdened the treasurey and created resentment among the overtaxed chinese
 * 8) What forces led to the fall of the Mongols?-The goverment of the llkhanat in persia fell apart in the 1330's. The chagati khans ruled central Asia until the 1370's. Only the golden horde in Russia stayed in power.