Check Your Understanding Questions
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To what degree were the emperors of the Song dynasty effective at running a thriving civilization? Why?
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How did the way the Khitan Liao lived, once they established a more settled empire, compare with that of the Jurchen Jin once they did so as well?
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Did succession to the position of great khan work out as Chinggis Khan had hoped in the decades after his death?
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Using the map provided, identify each part of the Mongol Empire. (credit: modification of work "Map of the Mongol Empire c. 1300, after its four subdivisions" by "Gabagool"/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0)
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How did the rivers and hydraulic infrastructure of China allow the Song dynasty to prolong their rule and stave off defeat by the Mongols for many years?
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Why did the Mongol Empire break apart?
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What was a common source of instability among both Christian and Islamic monarchies in the thirteenth century?
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Why were the Ayyubids and Mamluks able to repel the crusades of the first half of the thirteenth century?
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Why might members of the Sudra and Pariah castes convert to Islam under the Delhi Sultanate?