Their traditions included a cooperative annual hunt, the nerge, and they followed a law code known as the Yasa.
An early chronicle of this people's history, the 'Golden Book' or Altan Debter, is now lost. Their traditions included a cooperative annual hunt, the nerge, and they followed a law code known as the Yasa. To avoid spilling royal blood, they employed a method of execution involving rolling people in carpets, which they used to kill al-Mustasim, the last of the Abbasid caliphs. They were defeated by a force led by Qutuz and Baibars at the 1260 battle of Ain Jalut, and two of their expeditions fell victim to the "divine wind," or kamikaze, during attempts to invade Japan. For 10 points, name this people who held an assembly known as quriltai to elect their leaders, or khans.
An early chronicle of this people's history, the 'Golden Book' or Altan Debter, is now lost.
the Mongols