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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?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The End Of The Silk Roads
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.
How Did The Mongols Conquer So Much?
• Extraordinarily strong, brutal leadership. • Genghis Khan is one of history’s most
remarkable figures.
The Ming Dynasty Restores China
Zheng He’s Huge Fleet Explores The Oceans
Zheng He’s Fleet Dwarfs Columbus
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?
Age of Isolation
Ming China Builds The Forbidden City
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
Break Up Of The Mongol Empire
Age Of IsolationThe Muslim Sunni / Shia Split Deepens
The Abbasid Empire Splits And Is Conquered
Cooperation To IsolationCooperation / Unity Division / Isolation
Far East(Japan & China)
Tang/Song DynastyMarco PoloZheng He
Ming DynastyJapanese Feudalism
Middle East Islamic CaliphateArabic Culture
Sunni & Shia DivisionSeljuk Conquest
Europe? ChristendomCrusades?
Feudalism