HST 101 Lecture : 12 - Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200 - 1500.doc
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Nomadism in central and inner asia: nomadic groups depended on scarce water and pasture resources; in times of scarcity, conflicts occurred, resulting in the extermination of smaller groups and in the formation of alliances and out-migration. Powerful mongol groups demanded and received tribute in goods and in slaves from those less powerful. Some groups were able to live almost entirely on tribute: the various mongol groups formed complex federations that were often tied together by marriage alliances. Women from prestigious families often played an important role in negotiating these alliances: the seasonal movements of the mongol tribes brought them into contact with. Mongol khans were thought to represent the sky. When normal trade relations were interrupted, nomads tended to make war on settled agriculturalists: between 1206 and 1234, under the leadership of genghis khan and his successors, the mongols conquered all of north china and were threatening the.
