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Warm-up

Warm-up. Copy HW Please grab a handout from the front desk and complete question #1 Make this page 28. Essential Question. What happens when different cultures come in contact with one another?. The Mongols. From Mongolia Raised goats, sheep, cattle and horses Tribes Great horsemen

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Warm-up

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  1. Warm-up • Copy HW • Please grab a handout from the front desk and complete question #1 • Make this page 28

  2. Essential Question • What happens when different cultures come in contact with one another?

  3. The Mongols • From Mongolia • Raised goats, sheep, cattle and horses • Tribes • Great horsemen • Great warriors • Used gun powder • Constant battles with the Chinese * Respect the cultures they conquered

  4. Genghis Khan • Born 1160s • “strong ruler” of the Mongols • Army of 100,000 • Cruel… Used Terror to rule

  5. Mongols Rule China… • Kublai Khan (Genghis Khan’s grandson) * Friends with Marco Polo • New capital-Beijing • Mongol culture was much different from the Chinese, so they ruled but didn’t mix with the Chinese people • This was a “Golden age for China” 1200/1300s

  6. Marco Polo • Traveler, trader, writer • Travel from Italy to China • Friends w/ Kublai Khan • Wrote a book of his journeys • Educated and amazed Europeans of the wonders of China

  7. Silk Road

  8. Silk Road • Large trade network stretching 4,000 miles • China to SW Asia • Merchants used camels to travel across the desert and mountains • Travel was expensive and dangerous • Merchants had to pay taxes to many kingdoms along the way • So…only high priced goods could be transported this way

  9. Great Wall of China

  10. The Great Wall of China

  11. The Great Wall of China • What was the purpose of the wall? • Protect the Chinese Empire • Allowed the governments of China to tariff goods transported along the Silk Road • Control immigration

  12. Zheng He • Commanded expeditionary voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433.

  13. Travels

  14. Exploration Ships

  15. Closure • Please write down three things that happen when the Chinese people came in contact with other cultures! • Please share those ideas with a someone seated near you.

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