Mongol and Ottoman Empires

What this quiz asks

• What was Genghis Khan's birth name?
• Which Ottoman sultan captured Constantinople in 1453?
• Kublai Khan founded which Chinese dynasty?
• The Japanese called the storms that helped wreck Kublai Khan's invasion fleets 'kamikaze', meaning 'divine wind'.
• The Ottoman dynasty takes its name from which founder, who ruled a small emirate in north-west Anatolia around 1300?
• What was the Mongol relay network of stations with fresh horses for messengers called?
• In Turkey, Suleiman the Magnificent is usually known by which title?
• Select ALL of these rulers who were grandsons of Genghis Khan.
• Which Mongol state, founded by Batu, dominated the Russian principalities for more than two centuries?
• Under the devshirme system, the Ottoman Janissary corps was filled mainly with whom?
• Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor, escaped by sea as Constantinople fell.
• When the Mongols sacked Baghdad in 1258, which caliphate came to an end there?
• Which 1571 sea battle saw the fleet of a Christian Holy League defeat the Ottoman navy off western Greece?
• In what year did Genghis Khan die?
• Select ALL of these cities that served as capitals of the Ottoman Empire.
• Was the Ottoman sultanate abolished before the caliphate?
• At Ain Jalut in 1260, which power inflicted a landmark defeat on a Mongol army?
• Which architect designed the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul for Suleiman the Magnificent?
• Which city did Ögedei Khan surround with walls in 1235 as the Mongol imperial capital?
• Order these events in Ottoman history from earliest to latest.