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The End Of The Silk Roads

The End Of The Silk Roads. The Mongol Empire. A truly massive empire during the 13 th and 14 th centuries. The largest land empire in the history of the world. 12.7 million square miles. 22% of the total land area of the Earth. 100,000,000 subjects. How Did The Mongols Conquer So Much?.

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The End Of The Silk Roads

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  1. The End Of The Silk Roads

  2. The Mongol Empire • A truly massive empire during the 13th and 14th centuries. • The largest land empire in the history of the world. • 12.7 million square miles. • 22% of the total land area of the Earth. • 100,000,000 subjects.

  3. How Did The Mongols Conquer So Much? • Extraordinarily strong, brutal leadership. • Genghis Khan is one of history’s most remarkable figures.

  4. The Ming Dynasty Restores China

  5. Zheng He’s Huge Fleet Explores The Oceans

  6. Zheng He’s Fleet Dwarfs Columbus

  7. Zheng He Makes 7 Trips, But In 1435 . . . • he dies and China pulls back from exploration. • How might history have been different if China had decided to expand?

  8. Age of Isolation Ming China Builds The Forbidden City

  9. The End Of The Silk Roads • Why did the Silk Roads shut or slow down? • Invaders/raiders made them too dangerous • Genghis Khan dies and the Mongol Empire breaks up, leading to dangerous roads. • Powerful states began to compete for their control • The Crusades • Internal divisions arose within states

  10. Break Up Of The Mongol Empire

  11. Age Of IsolationThe Muslim Sunni / Shia Split Deepens

  12. The Abbasid Empire Splits And Is Conquered

  13. Cooperation To Isolation

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