The formation of the Chagatai Ulus
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Tabulate the taxes in the Chagatai Ulus: name, from whom, amount.
Kalan, qubchur, shulen, targhu, taxes on salt/wool/silver.
2
Write the causes of Tarabi’s revolt and the reasons it lost.
Oppression, heavy taxes; the combined force of the Mongols and local officials.
3
Collect information on Mahmud Yalavach’s activity in 1218–1238.
Envoy (1218), service to Genghis Khan, governor of Transoxiana, removed in 1238.
4
Explain in 3 sentences what the division of Genghis Khan’s empire into uluses meant.
Lands were distributed among his sons; each ulus was ruled by its own khan and later became independent.
5
Compare two effects of the Mongol conquest (destruction and new administration).
Destruction damaged towns and farming; new administration brought a tax and postal system.