World History empires name meanings study guide: Difference between revisions

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* Genghis Khan conquered / united central/northern Asian "tribal confederations" who were in constant warfare with one another  
* Genghis Khan conquered / united central/northern Asian "tribal confederations" who were in constant warfare with one another  


* upon Genghis Khan's death the empire was divided into four
[[File:Mongol Empire c.1207.png|thumb|Mongol Empire c. 1207, upon Genghis Khan's consolidation of Mongol tribes in the northern steppe. Temüjin took the name "Genghis Khan" that year.|250x250px|none]]


[[File:Mongol Empire c.1207.png|thumb|Mongol Empire c. 1207, upon Genghis Khan's consolidation of Mongol tribes in the northern steppe. Temüjin took the name "Genghis Khan" that year.|left|250x250px]]
* upon Genghis Khan's death the empire was divided into four "fragment" empires:
** Yuan Dynasty
** Golden Horde
** Chagatia Khanate
** Ilkhanate
 
[[File:Asia in 1335.svg|thumb|Asia in 1335, showing the four "Khanates", successor empires to the Mongol Empire, often referred to as "fragments" of it.|alt=Relict states of the Mongol Empire|none|250x250px]]
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*"Golden Horde" means "Great State" in Turkic.
*founded by Batu Khan, a grandson of Ghengis Khan
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* the Golden Horde ruled over central/northern Eurasia from the Chinabove the Black and Caspian Seas
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