MMW 13 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article Notes: Shukuba, Pope Innocent Iv, Mongol Invasions And Conquests
14 Apr 2017
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Mmw 13 textbook notes the mongol conquests & letter to pope innocent iv. Tried to conquer china in the way that outsiders previously did, but the jurchens did not respond in the usual chinese way by trying to bribe the mongols, and instead attacked them. Didn"t necessarily want to conquer china, wanted to extort the jurchens but they fought. Chin dynasty only allowed themselves to be extorted in order to buy time to raise armies. Conquered areas destroyed and the government usually became weaker than what was there before. Incorporated local rulers into empires as clients" while still keeping the main control over the empire. Jurchen china was the richest state on the mongol border. Chin had fortified cities and large armies and cavalries. Mongols abandoned all conquered areas in 1212 and returned to mongolia, and the. Mongols returned near the end of 1212, fostered revolts in the frontier.
