The Yuan Dynasty's Impact on China
12th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can evaluate the political, economic, and cultural effects of the Yuan Dynasty on China.
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The Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous land empire in history, was forged by uniting scattered groups of Mongol and Turkic pastoral nomads led by Khans.
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Chinggis Khan united the people of the felt-walled tents by promoting soldiers based on merit and scattering conquered nomads among his own soldiers.
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After the death of Chinggis Khan, succession issues led to civil war and the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire into four separate empires, including Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty in China.
