HIST 101 Lecture 2: Harding-HIST101-11:29
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Mongol rule: census, relocation, outsourced bureaucratic duties, transportation/communication, result: increase in cross-cultural interactions. After ge(cid:374)ghis kha(cid:374)"s death i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1006)7 : great khans in china, chaghatai in central asia, golden horde in russia, four khanates split between his grandsons, each government is unique. Khanate of the great khan- yuan dynasty: kublai khan (1214-1294) conquered song china in 1260, pulled china into larger empire, restores central and local government, confucius rituals return, end of isolation, attacks of japan fails (weak navy) Yuan dynasty decline: paper (cid:373)o(cid:374)ey i(cid:374)flatio(cid:374, factions, after ku(cid:271)lai kha(cid:374)"s death, plague in 14th c, quick spread due to trading routes, peasants revolts, 1368- mongols pushed out. Khanate of the golden horde: most fertile area of russia, seen as unfit to occupy, ruled as overlords, mainly connected taxes and tribute. Ilkhanate of persia: ended abasad empire, allowed persians to run daily government, received taxes, mongols start to adopt persian culture, adopted islam, persecution began.
