Nomadic Empires · Class 11 History · Chapter 3
🏛️ Nomadic Empires (The Mongols)
CBSE Class 11 Humanities & Commerce · History · Chapter 1
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| 80% | How did Chinggis Khan organise his army / fighting force — Problem (divided steppe) → decimal units 10/100/1,000/tumen with tribes MIXED → loyalty to Khan not clan → disciplined horse-archers → conquest of China + Khwarazm, held by yam + Yasa. | 8 MARKS |
| 60% | Rise of Temujin to Chinggis Khan / unification of the tribes — Temujin's early hardship → built alliances and defeated rival chiefs → united the steppe tribes → acclaimed CHINGGIS KHAN ('universal ruler') at the QURILTAI of 1206. | 8 MARKS |
| 55% | Source-based passage on nomads / yam / Yasa / a campaign — Underline named terms; answer identify in 1 line, explain in 2; finish the evaluate sub-question with a chapter fact (e.g. organisation, not force alone, held the empire). | 5 MARKS |
| 45% | How did the Mongols administer the empire? / yam + Yasa — Yam (courier relay, fresh horses) + Yasa (the code) + Uighur/Persian/Chinese scribes + safe Silk Route + religious tolerance. Distinguish yam (relay) from Yasa (law). | 4 MARKS |
| 40% | Nomad-settled relations / Mongols after Chinggis (uluses, Kubilai, trade) — Nomads needed grain/metal/cloth → trade + raid (interdependence). After 1227: uluses among sons; Kubilai ruled China (Yuan); Silk-Route trade + tolerance. | 4 MARKS |