HIST 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Genghis Khan, Yuan Dynasty, Semu
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Lecture 7: yuan china, and the mongol empire [textbook: chapter 12] [note: * = most important for the next exam] During this time no strategies for dealing with the nomads worked, so the chinese simply gave up and the mongols took over china more food. When the mongols had no stored food/extra food, the mongols would try and raid china to get. The mongols did not particularly gain too much power until the 12-13th centuries. Was able to unite various nomadic groups of china, and developed a global empire with the help of his sons and allies. Marco polo said this about the mongols: They are brave and are ready to die in battle. Their conquests were a make-work project since he was able to unite the mongols in china with his sons. In the 12th century, there was a drop in the average and annual temperature. Ghenghis khan unified the mongol tribes of the northern steppe in 1206.
