TECHNOLOGY
AND THE MONGOLS
WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY?
“The practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area;
a manner of accomplishing a task using technical processes, methods, or knowledge;
specialized aspects of a particular field of endeavor.”
-Merriam-Webster Dictionary
“Technology includes all tools, machines, utensils, weapons, instruments, housing,
clothing, communicating and transporting devices and the skills by which we produce
and use them.”
-Read Bain, American sociologist
IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
• Stone Tools
• Fire
• Wheel
• Printing Press
• Electricity
• Airplanes
• Internet
• Other?
THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY
• Genetic Engineering
• Nanotechnology
• Robotics
WHO ARE THE MONGOLS?
• The Empire
• Nomadic
• Religion
• Yam (Mail System)
• Silk Road
1305 Letter from Oljaitu to King Philip IV of France
IMPORTANT FIGURES AND EVENTS
• Genghis Khan
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Early Life
Marriage
Consolidating Internal Power
Policies, the Yassa
Conquering Others
• Ogedei
• Policies
• Kublai Kahn
• Chinese Culture &Yuan Dynasty
DECLINE OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE
• Disunity and
Political
Competition
• Disease
• Battle of Blue
Waters
• Ming Dynasty
MONGOLS AND TECHNOLOGY
• Stirrups
• Gunpowder
• Siege Warfare
• Biological Weapons
• Other?