GLOBL 1 Lecture 3: 1-14-16
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Mongols: genghis khan the greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take awa their possessions : temuchin"s rise, ater long period of tribal conlict and intrigue, Temuchin succeeded in the unprecedented feat of unifying all the mongol people: declared khan of khans and given name genghis khan, 1206: giant area all became uniied under the mongol empire rapidly, war with persia 1218-1222, war started ater persians put mongol emissaries sent by. Lots of new khans a: trade worked way beter under the mongols than under any other system, mongol world empire. Legacy of the mongol empire: poliical stability for the silk road trade, depopulaion of enire regions (30+m, pushed populaion out of asia and into persia creaing. Italian renaissance: chrisian crusades to holy land, marco polo to china, venice dominated trade between europe and the orient (mid.
