Crash Course - The Mongols

This video is might seem a bit unusual, since a lot of it is about events that occurred in the 1300s, and we won't discuss the Mongols much in class.  It is meant to help prepare you to understand  India and China's history (which we will soon study), since the Mongols had a big impact on both those societies.  Not to mention, the Mongols are pretty awesome.

1. Why do nomads tend to live near settled populations?
2.  The reason the Mongols started to dominate began with one guy - who?
3.  What two innovations did he implement, helping him win a civil war?
4. How did Mongols hold elections?
5. How many direct descendants of Ghengis Khan are estimated to exist on earth?
6. The mongols did not create a unified empire;  what are the four Khanates that were established after the death of Genghis Khan?
7.  What are John Green's five arguments for Mongols awesomeness
8.  What are John Green's five arguments about why the Mongols might not be so great?


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