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Buddhist by faith
Mahmud of Ghazni
Maritime power
Not highly centralized
Kingdom of Vijayanagar
Dhows, junks
Development of Hinduism
Promise of salvation
Especially popular in southern India, spreads to
north
Food
Clothing
Shelter (yurts)
Nomads in Turkmenistan
Nomadic Economy
Caravan routes
Nomadic Society
Governance basically clan-based
Charismatic individuals become nobles,
occasionally assert authority
Unusually fluid status for nobility
Mongol Arms
Strengths:
Cavalry
Short bows
Rewarded enemies who surrendered, cruel to enemies
who fought
Mongol Conquests
200,000 massacred
Intermarriage forbidden
Chinese forbidden to study Mongol language
Factional fighting
Last ilkhan dies without heir in 1335, Mongol rule
collapses