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    • Unit 1: Foundations of History
    • Unit 2: Classical Civilizations
    • Unit 3: Age of Empires >
      • Unit Overview/Study Guide
    • Unit 4: Early Middle Ages - Thru Muslim Eyes
    • Unit 5: Late Middle Ages - Turmoil and Trade >
      • Trial of Ghengis Khan
      • Trade Routes
      • Timeline
    • Unit 6: The Great Global Convergence >
      • Christopher Columbus
      • Study Guide Material
      • Muslim Empires
    • Unit 7: The "Modern" Revolution
    • Unit 8: A Half Century of Crisis
    • Final Stuff

Trial Information

mongol_trial_guidelines.docx
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mock_trial_samples-good_bad_ugly.pdf
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General Mongol Resources

Crash Course: The Mongols
TED: History V. Khan
Mongol Empire in World History
"Barbarian Stereotype" A new look at Mongol Contributions
Support of Artisans
Religious Tolerance
Pax Mongolica
judging_the_mongols.pdf
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timeline_of_mongol_empire.pdf
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Defense

Genghis Khan

Columbia on Chinggis
what_was_chinggis_great_like.pdf
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genghis_khan.pdf
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Kublai Khan

Columbia on Kublai
When Kublai Ruled China
kublai_khan.pdf
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could_an_empire_be_ruled_from_horseback.pdf
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Marco Polo

Columbia on Marco Polo
Marco Polo and his travels
Marco Polo in China
paper_money.pdf
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Mongol Government

organization_of_the_mongol_empire_under_genghis_khan.pdf
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yassa_law_code.pdf
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Mongol Woman

Mongol Women and their Social Roles
woman_in_mongolia.pdf
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mongol_woman.pdf
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Women Who Rules

Ivan I of Moscow

Ivan I and the Rise of Moscow
Mongol Invasion of Rus
Ivan I - Encyclopaedia Britannica
Effects of Mongols on Russia
Ivan I - Russiapedia 
the_rise_of_moscow.pdf
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Merchant

​According to the Muslim chronicler Ghazi: Under the reign of Chinggis Khan, all the countries . . . enjoyed such peace that a man might have journeyed from the land of the sunrise to the land of sunset with a golden platter upon his head without suffering the least violence from anyone (Qtd. in Martin 6)
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Support of Trade
Improved Status of Merchants
Merchant Associations 
Siege of Caffa

Prosecution

Pope Innocent IV

Dear Khan
Biography
Missionaries from Rome
papal_and_mongol_letters.pdf
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pope_iv.pdf
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A Prisoner of War

Tactics, Weapons, Revenge, and Terror
Blinding of 15,000 Prisoners
encounters_among_enemies.pdf
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efficient_war_machine.pdf
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terror.pdf
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Resident of Kiev

Mongols sack Kiev
Mongol invasion of Rus
Effects of Mongols on Russia

Chinese Peasant

​China reportedly suffered a drastic decline in population during the 13th and 14th centuries. Before the Mongol invasion, Chinese dynasties reportedly had approximately 120 million inhabitants; after the conquest was completed in 1279, the 1300 census reported roughly 60 million people. While it is tempting to attribute this major decline solely to Mongol ferocity, scholars today have mixed sentiments regarding this subject. The South Chinese might likely account for some 40 million unregistered who, without passports, would not have appeared in the census. Entire peasant populations joining or enlisted for labour can result in a large population reduction due to food shortage problems. Scholars such as Frederick W. Mote argue that the wide drop in numbers reflects an administrative failure to record rather than a de facto decrease whilst others such as Timothy Brook argue that the Mongols created a system of enserfment among a huge portion of the Chinese populace causing many to disappear from the census altogether. Other historians like William McNeill and David Morgan argue that the Bubonic Plague, spread by the Mongols, was the main factor behind the demographic decline during this period. The plague also spread into areas of Western Europe and Africa that the Mongols never reached, most likely carried by individuals fleeing invasion. The Mongols practised biological warfare by catapulting diseased cadavers into the cities they besieged. It is believed that fleas remaining on the bodies of the cadavers may have acted as vectors to spread the bubonic plague.
Mongols in China
Life in China under Mongol Rule
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Al-Musta'sim, Caliph of Baghdad

​According to the Persian historian Juvaini: In the Muslim countries devastated by Chinggis Khan, not one in a thousand of the inhabitants survived (Qtd. in Nicolle 46).
Mongol sack of Baghdad
The Fall of Baghdad
biography_al-musta.pdf
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Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu Sultan of Khwarezmian

​According to the Persian historian Juvaini: In the Muslim countries devastated by Chinggis Khan, not one in a thousand of the inhabitants survived (Qtd. in Nicolle 46).
Mongol Invasion of Central Asia
biography_jalal.pdf
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conquest_of_samarqand.pdf
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