HIST1083 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Abbasid Caliphate, Ilkhanate, Asia Society
Document Summary
Rise and fall of the mongol empire. In 1970s, globalization was reworked and the west wa sone region of a global story. Astrolabe - device used to guide the via the stars-->islams used it. Mongol expansion-->mongol expansion once covered of known land mass. Mongols were tough as hell-->very violent-->raping and violent. Genghis khan-->best mongol leeader-->born timgha (?) (1162-1227) Conquered china, tried to conquer silk road and did-->got all the way to the middle east. Took pesian empire by cutting it off. Legend in europe that prester john was a christian king in asia who was going to come to middle. In the south, crushed abbasid caliphate-->center of sunni islam. Caliphate = a religious domain-->has religious jurisdiction on muslims. Lots of exchange between far east, middle east, europe, and asia. Tea and cinnamon to the west (europe) Large civilizations in indian ocean area (even before europeans) Smaller trade routes got conneted to silk road.
