HIST 130 Chapter Notes -Alms, Golden Rule, Social Control
19 Oct 2012
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Earliest records of mongol peoples occur in chinese annals of the 7th century. Mongol and tatars : commonality is that they spoke languages of common origins different from the turks. 12th century: bands of formed alliances got bigger, menacing raids. Crane catching : prowess in war enabled particular leaders to build up followings in parallel with the old social order. 13th century: cold spell may have driven the mongols to dominate and exploit surrounding sedentary peoples. Tengri: devoted to the sky as a supreme deity. 1258: mongols capture baghdad, killed the caliph (supreme islamic political and religious authority. Gk depended on uighurs for administrators and adopted the script for mongolian language. 1246: led the pope"s ambassador through 3000 miles in an effort to forge friendship between. 1253: william of rubruck is sent to see mongolian way of living. Later 13th century: kubilai khan introduces himself to marco polo. 1276: song emperor abdicates throne to mongols mandate of heaven.
