Mongol+Social

By Katrina Hilton

Yuan Dynasty:

-Mongolian Kubilai Khan conquered China, forming the Yuan dynasty.

-The Chinese scholar gentry viewed the Mongolians as being barbarians.

Social Hierarchy:

-Mongols were on the top

-Mongolians liked the Islamic scholars

-Artesian class was strengthened during this time period.

-Merchants prospered during this era.

The Mongols remained mostly separate from the people of the areas that they conquered:

-Mongols were forbidden to be friends with or marry the Chinese

-Mongolian women didn’t submit to the trend of foot binding

-Foot binding limited Chinese women’s mobility, allowing for the Mongolian women to advance more socially

Gender Roles:

- Mongolian women was that Mongolian women were able to have rights to property

-Compared to other civilizations of that time, women had a fair amount of rights

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">-Women were sometimes even able to have political influence, such a Kubilai Khans wife, Chabi

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">-Overall the power of women was reduced during the Yuan dynasty