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[4thJoey]

• Mongol Invasion:
• When?
  13th century
  Central Asia- Empire expanded to the Khwarizmian Empire.
  West Asia- conquered areas as far west as Iran, Iraq and Syria
  East Asia- Genghis Khen and his soldiers entered China which forced Korea to become vassal through an invasion of Korea
  Europe- Invaded Kievan Rus', right after that they invaded Poland and Hungry
• Military Units:
  Mongols were usually divided into certain groups like males 14-60 years old and were in groups of 10, 100, 1000, 10000.
  Above all the units there was one called the elite group and its name was Keshig
  Transfer were forbidden they usually just have leaders who split the groups and they fight groups but their is many of them
  Individual soldiers were responsible for weapons and other equipment
• Major battles:
  Battle of Muhi- battle between the Mongol empire and Hungry during the invasion. Took place in Muhi. After the invasion bearly half of the Hungaryen area was destroyed 
  Battle of Bang Deng- 3rd mongol invasion took place at the Bang Deng River was a battle between Dai Veit and invading army of Yuan Dynasty
  Siege of Baghdad- January 29 till February 10th, 1258. The mongol under the command of Hulagu Khan intended to expand ruling to the Mesopotamian. Instructed Hulahu to attack Baghdad if Caliph refused the Mongol demands.
  Battle of Ain Jalut- Sept 3 1260 between Mamluks and the Mongols. 1st time Mongols defeated
• Key players:
  Prophet Muhammad- Islam leader
  Sunni Muslims- wanted to elect their leaders 
  Shia Muslims- wanted leadership to be directly passed in the family
  
  
• Islamic religion 
  Islam 2nd largest religion 
  religion for all people
  Only one god(Allah)
  follow of a religion of peace mercy and forgiveness
  history of Islam concerns the Islamic religion and its adherents known as Muslims
• Islam 945 AD:
  Shi'ite group invaded Baghdad and a legit authority reverted to the Muslim Community 
  Al-Farabi the greatest faylasufs or philosopher lived in Baghdad 
• Global civilization
  In the 13th century, the global civilization was created by Islam for people with different ethnic groups to work together in arts and sciences 
  it activates the mind and thought of people who have entered 
• Spread of Islam
  the expansion of Islam grew rapidly after the death of Muhammad
  expansion of the state was very understandable
  most imporant factor for the spread of Islam was the religious law of Islam