Amir Temur’s empire: government, army and campaigns
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Draw the administrative scheme of Temur’s empire (dargah, divanbegi, ministers, couriers).
Dargah → divan (divanbegi) → military/property/finance ministers; courier and yam service.
2
List Temur’s 6 most important campaigns of 1371–1405 chronologically.
Moghulistan (1371–90), Khwarazm (1372–88), Terek (1395), India (1398–99), Ankara (1402), the China march (1404–05).
3
Write the positive and negative sides of the ulus and suyurghal system.
It made provinces easier to govern, but led to fragmentation among the heirs.
4
Explain why a decimal army structure was convenient.
Commanding, counting and controlling were easy.
5
Write 2–3 neutral sentences about the heavy losses that military campaigns caused.
Many cities suffered and the population took losses; historians judge this in different ways.