Today we will extend some of the ideas that have been developed so far this year by studying the Mongols. We will see that the Mongols offer further insights into the causes and effects of exchanges and interaction between different civilizations. We will also continue to work on the skills of paragraph writing and outlining. In addition we will begin to dig more seriously into using primary sources to understand history.
Question of the Day
Why were the Mongols important?
Focus Questions
What were the causes of the Mongol conquests?
What were the effects of the Mongol conquests?
The vocabulary below is related to the work you are doing today and would be worth using in your paragraph.
Pastoralist
clan
Pax Mongolica
Marco Polo
William of Rubruck
Chinggis Khan
shamans
tanistry
khuriltai
darughachi
postal relay system
Il-khanate
principality of Muscovy
Timur the Lame
Ottomans
Janissaries
Mehmet the Conqueror
Khublai Khan
Ming Dynasty
Zheng He Expeditions
Turn in your individual Cornoutline.
Today you'll have to write a paragraph on the Mongols.
We will have a scored discussion on the Mongols.
Watch "Crash Course" on the Mongols. Click here if you can't wait until class and have to watch it now.
Write one paragraph based on last night's homework. The prompt will be: Why were the Mongols important? To improve the quality of your paragraph you may include a sentence or two about the following historical document.
No homework! We will do more on the Mongols next time and you will write a paragraph on them at the end of that class. If you want to know more about the Mongols check out Parts 1 and 2 of Dan Carlin's discussion of the Mongols called Wrath of the Khans here.
Check out Parts 1 and 2 of Dan Carlin's discussion of the Mongols called Wrath of the Khans here.