The Mongols and the Black Death

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The Mongols and the Black Death

• Impact of Mongol Confederacies
• Further Cross-Cultural Contacts

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Who were the Mongols???

• Nomads--similar culture
• Lifestyles
• Training
• Total War

Yurt
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Mongol Warrior
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Chinggis (Genghis) Khan

• Temujin (1162-1227)
• Mongol Empire
• Chinggis Khan Universal King
• Prester John?

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Yam System
Posting Stations Soldiers Protection and
Passes Uniform language Uniform coinage Faster
travel than ever before
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Chinggis Khan and Cavalry
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After Chinggis Khan

• Odegai
• 1232 Defeat by the Chinese

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Kublai Khan

• China
• Yuan Dynasty
• Marco Polos travels

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Tamerlane the Whirlwind

• Or Timur Lenk, Tamur Leng,
• Timur the Lame

Tamerlanes Empire about 1405 C.E.
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Timurs Revenge
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• Ring around the rosiesA pocket full of
  posiesAshes, AshesAll stand still.The King
  has sent his daughter,To fetch a pail of water
  Ashes, AshesAll fall down.The bird upon the
  steeple,Sits high above the peopleAshes,
  AshesAll kneel down.The wedding bells are
  ringing,The boys and girls are singingAshes,
  Ashes,All fall down.

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The Black Death

• Yunnan China 1331 90
• Mongol Yam system
• Venice and Genoa
• Italy infected 1347-8
• 1/3 to ½ died
• Infection meant death in less than 4 days

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1411
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Bubonic Plagues AND Anthrax or Ebola?
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Gods Punishment

• For Human Sins
• Flagellants 1493

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Impact on European Life

• Demoralization
• Social Breakdown
• Turning away from the Church
• Traffic in Indulgences (buying salvation)
• Loss of Labor
• More land!
• Loss of pets

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Accusations and Jewish persecution
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Death Dances with Everyone
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Obsession with Death
1348-9
1493
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• The Plague
• returns about every 20 years for a few more
  centuries

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Influence on Art
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Triumphof Deathin Italy 1490 by Maggiore
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Poisson,1631
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Jewish Migrations 20th Century pogroms