HST 121 Lecture Notes - Shia Islam, Hulagu Khan, Ilkhanate
Document Summary
1271: kublai khan, proclaims himself emperor of china. 1279: he succeeds in conquering the song dynasty. Persian ilkhanate: baghdad was abbasid caliphs most important city in 726, they used to be based in persian ilkhanate, but they shift to cairo o. 1258: baghdad by hulegu, who is founder of persian ilkhanate. 100 years of violence and bloodshed o: cultural transfers via silk roads, chinese ideas and technologies, grassland geography: uniqueness of eurasia, eurasian steppe-land. Strong rich states resist conquest, but little expansion: african sahel, american prairie. 1260: mamluks defeat mongols in ain jalut, syria o: muslim india: delhi sultanate. Iltutmish takes control of dehli in 1211 o: himalayas keeps the mongols from crossing the border, europe, byzantine empire. Eastern 1/2 of what the roman empire used to be: crusades 1-9 (1095-1272) Military campaigns to restore christian access in holy places (jerusalem: ottoman turks. Science and learning in europe: receiving end of new technologies.
