Chapter 11

Pastoral societies Lived of of meat, milk, and blood. This is all because pastoralists were less productive than agriculturalists. There was a high level of gender equality.  The population was small, Therefore, the people in these societies were extremely social. Women also did the same tasks as men like raising the herd and riding. Pastoralists were always on the go. So they lived off of their animals and traded animal products for goods with the agriculturalists. Temujin built a powerful force by having alliances based on loyalty. He was generous to his friends and ruthless to his enemies. He obtained a reputation for destroying his enemies but rewarding those who are loyal to him. One small thing he did as well was taking in warriors who lost battles with him. In 1209, Temujin wanted more power but still keeping together the Mongol alliance. He went of to China and central Asia. He could not get to Europe and got checked on their power. The Mongols contributed security to the Silk Roads which increased trade in Central Asia. They also had an unprecedented level of International communications because of the communication between China and Persia. Every empire eventually dies, and that is what happened to the Mongol Empire. The Black Death was the Mongol Empire itself. They were like suicide bomber. The hurt others but also hurt themselves. This decreased the empire's wealth and increased rebellions.