Traditions and Encounters, 2/e

Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i

NOMADIC EMPIRES AND EURASION INTEGRATION

Study Questions


1		What does the story of Guillaume Boucher represent? How does it fit in with Mongol strategies for Eurasian integration?



2		How did the geography of central Asia affect the development of the nomadic cultures? How did these people adapt to their environment? What advantages did their adaptations give them?



3		Discuss the military organization, techniques, and strategies of these Asian nomads. How did these abilities make their military so formidable?



4		How did the Mongols come to conquer China? What were the key elements in their success?



5		What does the book mean when it states that most of the Mongol leaders were better conquerors than administrators? How was this evident in the various Mongol states? Were there exceptions to that rule?



6		Through what means did the Mongols integrate Eurasian cultures? List and explain at least five ways they did this.



7		Discuss the role of epidemics in the decline of the Mongol empires.



8		Who was Tamerlane, and what was his lasting legacy?



9		How did the Turks come to topple the Byzantine empire?



10		What role did religion(s) play in the nomadic empires? What generalizations can you make? What are the significant differences?

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