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From the Ted Talk by Anne F. Broadbridge: The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But this was not to last. Succession to the Great Khan didn't automatically go to the eldest son, but rather allowed brothers, uncles and coisuns to vie for liehdesrap with senior widows anctig as regents for their sons. By the 1260s, cgginihs Khan's grandsons were in a full- blown civil war over inheritance and fragmented the realm into four spretaae eripmes. In China, kbulai Khan's Yuan Dynasty is remembered as a golden age of science and culture. In Iran, the Ilkhanate inaugurated the development of new monumental architecture and Persian miniature pnatniig. In cteranl Asia, the Chagatai Khanate brought forth leaders like tuimr and his descendant Babur, who founded the Mughal Empire in India. And in Eastern Europe, the Golden Horde ruled for years until a tdianrg post named Muscovy grew into a major world peowr. Even though the Empire lasted only a short while, the Mongols left a legacy of world- domination that remains unmatched today.

Open Cloze


But this was not to last. Succession to the Great Khan didn't automatically go to the eldest son, but rather allowed brothers, uncles and _______ to vie for __________ with senior widows ______ as regents for their sons. By the 1260s, ________ Khan's grandsons were in a full- blown civil war over inheritance and fragmented the realm into four ________ _______. In China, ______ Khan's Yuan Dynasty is remembered as a golden age of science and culture. In Iran, the Ilkhanate inaugurated the development of new monumental architecture and Persian miniature ________. In _______ Asia, the Chagatai Khanate brought forth leaders like _____ and his descendant Babur, who founded the Mughal Empire in India. And in Eastern Europe, the Golden Horde ruled for years until a _______ post named Muscovy grew into a major world _____. Even though the Empire lasted only a short while, the Mongols left a legacy of world- domination that remains unmatched today.

Solution


  1. empires
  2. central
  3. power
  4. leadership
  5. separate
  6. trading
  7. timur
  8. chinggis
  9. cousins
  10. acting
  11. painting
  12. kublai

Original Text


But this was not to last. Succession to the Great Khan didn't automatically go to the eldest son, but rather allowed brothers, uncles and cousins to vie for leadership with senior widows acting as regents for their sons. By the 1260s, Chinggis Khan's grandsons were in a full- blown civil war over inheritance and fragmented the realm into four separate empires. In China, Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty is remembered as a golden age of science and culture. In Iran, the Ilkhanate inaugurated the development of new monumental architecture and Persian miniature painting. In Central Asia, the Chagatai Khanate brought forth leaders like Timur and his descendant Babur, who founded the Mughal Empire in India. And in Eastern Europe, the Golden Horde ruled for years until a trading post named Muscovy grew into a major world power. Even though the Empire lasted only a short while, the Mongols left a legacy of world- domination that remains unmatched today.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
mongol empire 2
chinggis khan 2


Important Words


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  80. yuan