Edward IV had faced many problems when dealing with his nobility. Notably, during his first reign with Warwick always trying to marry his daughter to Edward IV. However, Edward married Elizabeth Woodville. Another issue Edward faced during his first reign was he had usurped Henry VI on the throne. Edward IV's reigns had faced many problems because of Warwick.
It erupted in 1970, 1980, 1981, 1991, and the most recent eruption occurred in 2000 and lasted for 12 days. The volcano has been around for 7000 years and has been blowing up randomly ever since. Apparently about 2800 years ago, Mount Hekla had its largest eruption, and traces of the blast have been found as far as Scandinavia. Mount Katla is located in the most southern portion of Iceland, which is a mountain recently known for causing flooding when it melted glaciers on top of it. Due to all of Iceland’s volcanic activity, there is also a great deal of glacial activity.
“Great Pandemic”: The Black Death Tax farming: able to deliver large amounts of grain, cash, and silk. ‘The Mongol Yoke”: Describes the ruthless Mongol rule over the Slavs for about 200 years after the conquest of Chinggis Khan. The Mongols used existing Slavic princes as servants and tax collectors. Good princes were rewarded with heredity. Alexander Nevsky began the process of making the princes more powerful, and it was finished by Ivan III, who overthrew the Mongols and became Russia's first tzar Tsar: Russian title for monarch to refer Russian Ruler, Ivan III (r. 1462-1505) Teutonic Knights: Order of German Knights founded in Jerusalem who shifted their area of operation in 1211 to eastern Europe to convert non-Christians Places The Ukraine: a country in Eastern Europe Empires / Kingdoms Il-khan Empire: a “secondary” or “peripheral” khan based in Persia.
Who were the Mongols? What accounted for the formation and rapid expansion of the Mongol empire in Eurasia (c. 1200-1400 CE)? Eurasia was an important region of the world in centuries past due to its trade routes and its involvement in the interaction of Eastern and Western cultures. This area became a hotspot for growing empires and the domination of Eurasia was never more apparent than when the Mongols reigned supreme. The empires of the time “showed remarkable resilience, providing a strong focus for the numerous groups under their rule.” (Prof. J. Duindam, Leiden University) The Mongols through excellent military cunning and having one of the greatest leaders in history, allowed them to become a major force in Eurasia.
4. Genghis Khan and the Mongols formed the largest empire in history, nearly unifying the entire Eurasian continent. For example, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, China split up into separate kingdoms, the Qin and the Song. One of Genghis Khan’s grandchildren, Khubilai Khan followed in his grandfather’s footsteps and politically and administratively unified these kingdoms back together. 5.
The Mongols united under Temujin and expanded to control the area from Poland to Siberia. A Great Khan is a supreme ruler. After Gengis Khan’s death, his empire was divided among his sons and grandsons. The territories were Domain of the Great Khan, Khanate of Jagadai, Il-Khans, and Khanate of the Golden Horde. War Tactics: The Mongols were very strategic, used various tricks on enemies to confuse them.
There are many events that occurred in 1483 as a result of the weaknesses of Edward IV that led to the usurpation of the crown, such as the overmighty nobility, strong division between the Yorkists, the premature death of the King and the opposition of the Woodvilles. However there were also the personal ambitions of his brother Richard III, who had a strong powerbase in the North, needed to protect himself from the Woodville’s revenge, arranged the arrest and deaths of nobles in his way of the throne and imprisoned his own nephews. One of the biggest weaknesses in Edward’s reign was his nobility, who were hugely overmighty despite the fact that he had distributed less patronage in his second reign than he did in his first. Gloucester and the Woodvilles benefited in particular from his extensive patronage. In July of 1471 Gloucester was granted all of Warwick’s northern lands and to help him conduct the war against the Scots in 1480-82 he was also made Lieutenant General in the north.
Genghis Khan As a foreigner, Genghis Khan had a unique approach to warfare that overwhelmed the opposition and used completely different methods than which were being used for hundreds of years before. He was a great militaristic leader who expanded the boundaries of the Mongol empire through conquest. The Mongol military tactics and organization enabled Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire to conquer nearly all of continental Asia, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe. The foundation to conquering and controlling such vast amounts of land was because of the nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols other tactics were invented by Genghis Khan, his generals, and his successors. Technologies useful to attack fortifications were taken from other
The official beginning of the Mongol Empire began in the year 1206 when Temujin was declared Genghis Khan and ruler of all Mongol people. Genghis Khan had been
Between the 9th and 12th centuries, the Principality of Polotsk (northern Belarus) emerged as the dominant center of power on Belarusian territory, with a lesser role played by the Principality of Turaŭ in the south. Upon the death of Kievan Rus' ruler Yaroslav I the Wise, the state split into independent principalities. These Ruthenian principalities were badly affected by a Mongol invasion in the 13th century, and many were later incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Of the principalities held by the Duchy, nine were settled by ancestors of the Belarusian people. During this time, the Duchy was involved in several military campaigns, including fighting on the side of Poland against the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410; the joint victory allowed the Duchy to control the northwestern borderlands of Eastern Europe.