the end of the silk roads
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The End Of The Silk Roads. The Mongol Empire. A truly massive empire during the 13 th and 14 th centuries. The largest land empire in the history of the world. 12.7 million square miles. 22% of the total land area of the Earth. 100,000,000 subjects. How Did The Mongols Conquer So Much?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The End Of The Silk Roads
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The Mongol Empire
• A truly massive empire during the 13th and 14th centuries.
• The largest land empire in the history of the world.– 12.7 million square miles.– 22% of the total land area of the Earth.– 100,000,000 subjects.
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How Did The Mongols Conquer So Much?
• Extraordinarily strong, brutal leadership. • Genghis Khan is one of history’s most
remarkable figures.
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The Ming Dynasty Restores China
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Zheng He’s Huge Fleet Explores The Oceans
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Zheng He’s Fleet Dwarfs Columbus
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Zheng He Makes 7 Trips, But In 1435 . . .
• he dies and China pulls back from exploration.• How might history have been different if China
had decided to expand?
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Age of Isolation
Ming China Builds The Forbidden City
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The End Of The Silk Roads
• Why did the Silk Roads shut or slow down?• Invaders/raiders made them too dangerous– Genghis Khan dies and the Mongol Empire breaks
up, leading to dangerous roads.• Powerful states began to compete for their
control– The Crusades
• Internal divisions arose within states
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Break Up Of The Mongol Empire
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Age Of IsolationThe Muslim Sunni / Shia Split Deepens
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The Abbasid Empire Splits And Is Conquered
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Cooperation To IsolationCooperation / Unity Division / Isolation
Far East(Japan & China)
Tang/Song DynastyMarco PoloZheng He
Ming DynastyJapanese Feudalism
Middle East Islamic CaliphateArabic Culture
Sunni & Shia DivisionSeljuk Conquest
Europe? ChristendomCrusades?
Feudalism