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The End of Mongol Rule. Standard 2.1 E.Q. What lead to the end of Mongol Empire?. End of Mongol Rule. Weakness began to appear in the Mongol rule. His armies and navies suffered may humiliating defeats at a huge expense of lives and equipment.
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The End of Mongol Rule Standard 2.1 E.Q. What lead to the end of Mongol Empire?
End of Mongol Rule • Weakness began to appear in the Mongol rule. • His armies and navies suffered may humiliating defeats at a huge expense of lives and equipment. • This resulted in overtaxing the Chinese population, causing distrust.
Yuan Dynasty Overthrown • Kublai Khan died in 1294, which began the fading of the Yuan Dynasty. • Family argued who would rule. • Rebellions broke out in many parts of China in the 1300’s. • Rebellions broke out because of famine, flood, and disease, along with growing economic problems.
Decline of the Mongol Empire • The collapse of the Yuan Dynasty also showed the disintegrated Mongol Empire. • Ilkhanate in Persia fell apart in the 1330’s. • The Chagatai Khans ruled Central Asia until the 1370’s. • Only Golden Horde in Russia stayed in power. • The fall of Mongol rule affected civilizations from eastern Europe to China.
Geography of Japan • 4,000 island group, make up the Japanese islands. • Historically most Japanese people live on four islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. • Enjoy a mild climate with plenty of rainfall. • Natural resources such as coal, oil, and iron are in short supply. • Natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes and tidal waves.
Early Japan • Japan is first mentioned in Chinese writing in the first century B.C. but not a united country, instead hundreds of clans controlled their own territories. • Worshippers believed in Kami, divine spirits that dwelled in nature. • Shinto was based on respect for the forces of nature and on the worship of ancestors.
Yamato Emperors • By 400 A.D. the Yamato clan had established itself as the leading clans. • Early emperors did not control the entire country, ore even much of it, but the Japanese gradually accepted the idea of emperor. • Lacked real power the Yamato rules never were overthrown. • Clan fought for power, but had one empires and one who reigned behind the throne.