Unit 2: Vocab - Group 3 Quiz Terms

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Moscow

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Russian city-state that collected additional tributes to build an anti-Mongol coalition that defeated the Golden Horde in 1380 at the Battle of Kulikovo.

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Nomadism

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A central component of Mongol society, characterized by their mobile lifestyle, reliance on animal husbandry, and skilled horsemanship, which enabled the Mongols to establish a vast empire through their expertise in mounted warfare and strategic mobility.

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Ortogh

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A merchant partnered with the state and individual aristocrats in the Mongol Empire.

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Overgrazing

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Continual eating of grasses or their roots without allowing them to regrow which led to abandonment of cities outside of Great Zimbabwe in the late 1400s.

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Pax Mongolica

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The period of Mongolian peace between the 13th and 14th centuries.

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Porcelain

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A fine blue and white ware from China.

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Sahara Desert

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Large desert in northern Africa with an arid climate that make farming nearly impossible.

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Samarkand

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Located in present-day Uzbekistan in the Zeravshan River valley, this city was a stopping point on the Silk Roads between China and the Mediterranean.

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Siege Weapons

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Portable towers and catapults.

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Soil Erosion

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Overuse of farmland and deforestation reduced agricultural production in feudal Europe.