UUUU pppp dddd aaaatttt eeee dddd 2 14 2013 10 45 AM Cultures Contexts Political Empires NNNN oooo tttt eeee bbbb oooo oooo kkkk CCCCrrrreeee aaaatttt eeee dddd TTTT aaaagggg ssss yeaeun94 s notebook 2 14 2013 9 34 AM Contexts Cultures Empires Eurasia Empire Space Eurasia 1 Empires over Time and Space 2 The Social Organization of Nomads 3 The Politics of Nomadic Empire 4 The Nomad Chinese Interface Cities of Ancient Greece League of City States vs One Central City Rome Persian Empire 500 BCE Mauryan Empire India 250 BC Maya and Aztec Empires Inca Empire Nomads of the Eurasian Steppe Relationship to settled societies were complex Nomadic societies are not all alike Mongolia Eurasian Steppe Grass Every family unit should have 20 40 animals Cattle Sheep skins for clothing wool for home felt like Horse small travel long distances 60 mi day sturdy milk drink blood milk made into alcohol manes hair used imprinted with stamps Seasonal Migration Led animals to known destination Families linked together traveled tribes clan mostly linked by blood but were open to other people joining anda a man swears allegiance to another powerful man sworn brotherhood noker sworn follower of a person exogamy marry outside their clan tribe flexibility adjustable social organization lateral succession brothers patrilineal succession father son tanistry the name that a scholar gave to the system of competition for power khuriltai Mongolian counsel proclaims a new Khan Khan Chief If the chief Khan died leader still had to come from the same tribe but the best qualified man would be chosen through combat or negotiation Obtained Grain Metals Luxuries tea silk trade war negotiation Military Size was 1 3 or 1 4 of Roman Army but they conquered the world Ride forward on horse shoot backwards Fake camps to trick the enemy Advanced weaponry Mongol Compound Bow double curve very powerful used for hunting and war Brutal Punishment Boiling prisoners during first stages of Genghis campaign destroyed whole cities China traded sought silk gold mirror satin wine Roughly the same rise and fall of power for the Chinese and nomadic groups Conclusion Empire was a political form that existed throughout the world Rome and China did not invent empires but they did have an impact on political structure Mongols ecology and geology has an effect on the empire flexible institution of leadership military organization Nomads did not live in isolation cities trade etc Lived on long distance commerce