HILD 11 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Hanlin Academy, Vise, Wen Tianxiang
Document Summary
East asia: a cultural, social, and political history. Chapter 12: china under mongol rule (1215-1368) pg. Mongols conquered china over the course of seven decades. Mongols and people from elsewhere in casia took over the large amount of administrative posts; traditional elite of confucian-educated men had to sought for other occupations. Scholars devoted efforts to working out the political and military history of this age. The mongol conquest of the jin and xia dynasty. North china fell to the mongols during chinggis" campaigns. Raided jin territory in 1205 and 1209, launched a major campaign in 1211. Jin thought they had the strongest army but was taken aback by mongol tactics. Mongols would take over a city, plunder (the violent and dishonest acquisition of property--stealing goods from, typically using forces and during a time of war), then withdraw to let jin deal with the food shortages and destruction.
