Please read pages 323-330 about the Mongols before class on Friday. Look out for the following:
- Who were the Mongols? (pg. 323)
- Who was Chinggis Khan/Genghis Khan and why was he important? (pg. 323-324)
- The textbook says that "Mongols put their infants on goats to accustom them to riding". Is this the cutest thing you've ever heard in your life? If not, explain why you are wrong... because it's adorable. (pg. 324)
- What was life like for the nomadic Mongols? (pg. 324)
- What role did religion play for the Mongols? (pg. 324)
- Who was Chinggis Khan's son and what did he accomplish? (pg. 324)
- What was the Yuan Empire? (pg. 325)
- What made the Mongols military so successful? (pg. 326)
- What was the bubonic plague? (pg. 330)