vocab week 7 mongolia

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Explorer who traveled the Silk Road and served in Kublai Khan's court.

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Marco Polo

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Domed structure covered in furs, lived in by Mongolians during Genghis Khan's time.

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Yurt

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Grandson of Genghis Khan who conquered the Song Dynasty and had his fleet sunk by a typhoon during the invasion of Japan.

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Kublai Khan

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Group of people who travel seeking food.

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Nomads

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Another word for Emperor or Caesar

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czar

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Group tied by blood or ancestry

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clan

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Survivors through sheep or cattle herding

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pastoralist

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Period of peace in the Mongolian Empire

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pax mongolica

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Mongolian Emperor devoted to conquest with the largest land empire in history

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Genghis Khan

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Ethnic group comprising the genetic background of Modern Russia

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Slavs