1. Mongolia

3. • What are some of major empires of history?
• How did these empires come to be so great?

4. Objectives
• Understand how and why these empires came to
be
• Be able to compare and contrast the empires of
history

5. Where?

7. Yurt - Tent

8. Lifestyle

9. Chinggis Khan (c. 1155-1227)
Rose to become leader
Powerful, brilliant, feared
In 1206, unified the Mongol
tribes
Founder of the Mongol Empire

10. The Empire

11. How to build an empire
1. Unify a strong people

12. How to build an empire
1. Unify a strong people
2. Acquire technological advantage

13. How to build an empire
1. Unify a strong people
2. Acquire technological advantage
3. Brilliant generals and tacticians

14. How to build an empire
1. Unify a strong people
2. Acquire technological advantage
3. Brilliant generals and tacticians
4. Utilize effective propaganda

15. How to build an empire
1. Unify a strong people
2. Acquire technological advantage
3. Brilliant generals and tacticians
4. Utilize effective propaganda
5. Harness new resources

16. How to build an empire
1. Unify a strong people
2. Acquire technological advantage
3. Brilliant generals and tacticians
4. Utilize effective propaganda
5. Harness new resources
6. Select path of least resistance

17. How to build an empire
1. Unify a strong people
2. Acquire technological advantage
3. Brilliant generals and tacticians
4. Utilize effective propaganda
5. Harness new resources
6. Select path of least resistance
7. Win hearts of conquered

18. Assignment
• Using the criteria we talked about in class, examine
another empire of your choice. Choose either one
that we’ve covered or one that you are interested
in.
• Compare and contrast the Mongol Empire to the
empire that you’ve chosen using one of the graphic
organizers we have learned in class.