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=== Mongol Empire === | |||
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* started by Genghis Khan or "Temüjin" | * started by Genghis Khan or "Temüjin" | ||
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[[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]] | [[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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=== Yuan Dynasty === | |||
|see above under China dynasties for Yuan | |||
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=== Golden Horde (Mongol) === | |||
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*"Golden Horde" means "Great State" in Turkic. | *"Golden Horde" means "Great State" in Turkic. | ||
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**so the Golden Horde was referred to by Europeans as "Tatars" | **so the Golden Horde was referred to by Europeans as "Tatars" | ||
*"Tatar" probably comes from persian for "mounted messenger" | *"Tatar" probably comes from persian for "mounted messenger" | ||
**"Tatar" came to refer to all the Turkic people in Russia | **"Tatar" came to refer to all the Turkic people in Russia | ||
**thus "tartar sauce", "steak tartare" | **thus "tartar sauce", "steak tartare" | ||
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=== Chagatai Khanate === | |||
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* named for the 2nd son of Ghengis Khan, Chagatai Khan | |||
* Chagatai was considered rebellious and refused to recognize Ghengis Khan's first son, Jochi, as his full brother (thus marking a weakness in such imperial arrangements that have different sons from different wives of an organizing ruler) | |||
* a Turkic language later developed in the region of Chagatai's rule, and was called "Chagatai"; the modern languages, Uzbek and Uyghur, a direct descendants of Chagatai | |||
|1242-1347 / | |||
1347-1487 | |||
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* Chagatai inherited this region after the death of Genghis Khan in 1227; Chagatia died in 1242 | |||
* during reign of Kublai Khan (who started the Yuan Dynasty), Chagatai rulers broke away from his rule | |||
* Chagatai Khanate consists of modern Central Asian states | |||
* in 1347, the Khanate was divided when Moghulistan was declared independent under a tribal alliance led by Tughlugh Timur | |||
* Tughlugh Timur converted to Islam | |||
** over time, his successors were also Muslim and eventually imposed Sharia Law | |||
* in the 1400s the region underwent "Turkification," where by Turkic populations / culture largerly replaced Mongol culture adn/or Moghul populations | |||
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