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China's northern capital, first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People's Republic of China.

The title of Temüjin when he ruled the Mongols (1206-1227). It means the "oceanic" or "universal" leader. was the founder of the Mongol Empire.

Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's grandson Batu. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. Also known as the Kipchak Horde.

A "secondary" or "peripheral" khan based in Persia. The Il-khans' khanate was founded by Hülegü, a grandson of Genghis Khan, and was based at Tabriz in modern Azerbaijan. It controlled much of Iran and Iraq.

Last of the Mongol Great Khans (r. 1260-1294) and founder of the Yuan Empire.

A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia.

Persian mathematician and cosmologist whose academy near Tabriz provided the model for the movement of the planets that helped to inspire the Copernican model of the solar system.

Prince of Novgorod (r. 1236-1263). He submitted to the invading Mongols in 1240 and received recognition as the leader of the Russian princes under the Golden Horde.

A way of life, forced by a scarcity of resources, in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water.

Member of a prominent family of the Mongols' Jagadai Khanate, Timur through conquest gained control over much of Central Asia and Iran. He consolidated the status of Sunni Islam as orthodox, and his descendants, the Timurids, maintained his empire for nearly a century and founded the Mughal Empire in India.

From Latin caesar, this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505).

The Yi dynasty ruled Korea from the fall of the Koryo kingdom to the colonization of Korea by Japan.

Reign period of Zhu Di (1360-1424), the third emperor of the Ming Empire (r. 1403-1424). He sponsored the building of the Forbidden City, a huge encyclopedia project, the expeditions of Zheng He, and the reopening of China's borders to trade and travel.

An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa.

Empire based in China that Zhu Yuamzhang established after the overthrow of the Yuan Empire. Emperor Mongol sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He. The laters years saw a slowdown in technological development and economic decline.

A bacterial disease of fleas that can be transmitted by flea bites to rodents and humans; humans in late stages of the illness can spread the bacteria by coughing. Because of its very high death rate and the difficulty of preventing its spread, major outbreaks have created crises in many parts of the world.