Before class Monday/Tuesday, please read pages 330-339 and look for the following details:
- What was the Il-Khan state and the Golden Horde? (pg. 330)
- How did Islam clash with Mongol ways? (pg. 330)
- How did culture and science thrive in Islamic Eurasia? (pgs. 331-334)
- Why does Ms. Simpson owe her job to Nasir al-Din Tusi? (pgs. 332-333)
- Who was Alexander Nevskii and what does the term tsar/czar mean? (pg. 334-335)
- What was the Yuan Empire? Who was Khubilai Khan? (pg. 337)
- What is the significance of Beijing? (pg. 337)
- What changed in China while the Mongols ruled? (pgs. 337-338)
- What led to the fall of the Yuan Dynasty? (pgs. 338-339)