HIST 1011 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - French Third Republic, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
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Decline of eurasian steppe: vast grassland, pillaging and conquering of villages, composite bows can be used on horsebacks. By 15th century, steppe archers were declining: mongol empire combined organization powers and horseback archers, stretched from korea to mesopotamia, yuan dynasty was mongolian, silk road had a height when mongols controlled the whole thing. Infantry became the dominant military force in eurasia: armies become bigger because no need to supply everyone with horses, gu(cid:374)po(cid:449)der e(cid:373)pire: a(cid:374) e(cid:373)pire"s (cid:373)ilitary effectiveness that is based on gunpowder and its large army. Russian under romanovs, islamic empires, ming and qing empires. Gunpowder empires created the most stable islamic political order: no more steppe riders to interrupt, geographically enormous, west africa islam, indian islam, middle eastern islam, use of arabic and mecca pilgrimage (hajj) are unification elements. Man of the sword vs. ulama: ulama is a scholar who study ancient texts, islamic law, study qur"a(cid:374) scholars, military and political rules are separated.
