Who are the Mongols?

Nomands: herd sheep and goats (food and milk)

they lived in steppe areas of Asia.

social unit: tribe

clothing: sheepskin, boots (tanned sheep hide)

they were aloud to form confederations.

Military Power

the mongols were natural warriors.

from youth they train to ride, hunt and fight

Weapons: lances, hatchets, iron maces, short bows, flaming and exploding arrows

Chinggis Khan brought organization, discipline, unity to Mongol army.

Genghis khan

  the founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire

the Mongols controlled between 11 and 12 million contiguous square miles

Many people were slaughtered in the course of Genghis Khan’s invasions

His final resting place remains unknown.

Batu khan

  also known as Sain Khan and Tsar Batu

 Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan.

In 1235 Batu was elected commander in chief of the western part of the Mongol empire 

He established the state of the Golden Horde in southern Russia

Batu’s army sacked and burned Kiev, then the major city in Russia.