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The khan's name was Temugin and he was from the Mongol tribe.
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A nomadic tribe emerges known as the mongols, they were from centeral Asia and were one of history's most brutal fighting forces.
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Genghis khan leads his army all over Asia destroying and looting places. he controled much of N. China and centeral Asia.
~Siege warfare~ A military tactic in which an army waits outside a castle or fort until the people inside surrender. -
Temujin takes the title of Genghis khan in the mongol tribe and sets out to conqure the world.
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Genghis khan leads his army all over Asia destroying and looting places. he controled much of N. China and centeral Asia.
~Siege warfare~ A military tactic in which an army waits outside a castle or fort until the people inside surrender. -
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The mongols take the city of Moscow Russia and go on to conqure Eastern Europe.
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Kublai Khan comes to power as the great khan he was determined to complete the conquest of China.
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Marco Polo travels to China completing misions for emperor Kublai khan.
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The last song ruler of China is defeated and the mongols took control creating the Yuan dynasty.
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Marco Polo and father return home to Venice Italy. He wrote a book of his travels while in jail.
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It is thought that the disease black death spread from Asia at this time, the disease killed off much of Europe.
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Chinese rebel factions are rebeling against the Yuan dynasty.
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The mongols are defeated by a large rebel army forcing the mongols to run away to Manchuria ending forigen rule in China.
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The last Mongol emperor is overthrown by Zhu Yuzhang a peasent, with his rebel army.
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The forbiden city is biult in the heart of China's capital where the Ming emperor lived.
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Hungwu's son Yonglo rules the ming empire. He moved the capital to Beijing.
~Forbiden City~ A vast empirial city located in the heart of the capital. This is were the Emperor ruled. -
Zhang sailed masive flotilas of ships around china and india showing off his power.
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Hungwu's son Yonglo rules the ming empire. He moved the capital to Beijing.
~Forbiden City~ A vast empirial city located in the heart of the capital. This is were the Emperor ruled. -
Zhang sailed masive flotilas of ships around china and india showing off his power.
~Junk~ Chinese trading ships. -
These massive flotilas are stopped because they drain the nation's recources.
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The ming empire pushes very hard for China to be cut off from the rest of the world. Trade was hevaly monitered.
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New crops arrice such as corn and sweat potatoes.
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The ming dynasty begins to decline because several weak rulers ruled. There were higher taxes.
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An Italian Jeusist Preist named Matteo Ricci gains influence, he introduced math and science.
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Crop failures lead to famine and hardship increasing ming decline.
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The ming dynasty ends, China got rebiult with lass corruption, the following emperors were much more powerful.
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The Manchu tribe take beijing and the emperor kills him self. They form the Quin dynasty.
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The Manchu culture is very influentual. Foot binding is made illigal.
~Queue~ A type of braid -
He expanded China and reduced taxes for the poor.
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The Economy is booming with a population of 300 million and better transportation.
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He expanded China and reduced taxes for the poor.
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The British show intrest in trading with the chinese and they sent lord Marcenety. He refuses to kowtow and is kicked out.
~Kowtow~ A way of showing respect to the emperor. You kneel and touch your head to the ground 9 times. -
The manchu culture was heavly influential and they initialty had heavy resistance, foot binding was made illigal.
~Queue~ A type of braid.
