Caption: A 14th-century portrait of Genghis Khan from a Yuan Dynasty album at the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Despite his fearsome reputation as a conqueror, Genghis Khan also established laws, promoted trade, and practiced religious tolerance.
The rise of Genghis Khan
Mongol military tactics
The Mongol conquests
The four khanates
Mongol governance strategies
Mongol impact on trade
Mongol decline
Primary sources
The Secret History of the Mongols (c. 1240)
William of Rubruck at the Mongol court (1253)
Key figures
Vocabulary
Unit 2 topics
Unit 2 overview2.1The Silk Roads2.10Comparison of the Effects of Connectivity2.2The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World2.3Exchange in the Indian Ocean2.4Trans-Saharan Trade Routes2.5Cultural Consequences of Connectivity2.6Environmental Consequences of Connectivity2.7Comparison of Economic Exchange2.8Effects of the Mongol Empire2.9Causes and Effects of the Bubonic Plague