Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Pastoral Peoples on the GLobal Stage- The Mongol Moment:

The Mongols:

The population of the Mongols were about 700,000. They fromed the greatest land-based empire in history following their breakout from Mongolia in the thirteenth century. They did not push their ideas on those they took over and did not have major cultural impact.

The Mongol reputation was brutality and destructiness.

They unified a divided CHina, made many believe that the Mongols had been granted Mandate of Heaven.

In the 13th century, the breakfout from Mongolia was the rise of the Mongol Empire. The second grand civilization was the Islamic Perisa. They were conquered by the Mongols as well.

This chapter discussed the very small communities and the expansion of others.