Analysis

The Mongols used well planned military tactics that undoubtedly lead them to victory time and time again. The soldiers were very obedient and listened to the appointed chiefs well. One tactic they used to beat there enemy and expand their empire was this; the prince appoints an officer to every ten men, one to every hundred, one to every thousand, and one to every ten thousand, as stated in the book, and document 1 and 4. Another tactic used by the Mongols was as follows; the Mongol army would pretend to retreat, therefore making the rival believe they had won, when in reality that was just the start. The Mongols would then turn and fire arrows at there opponents, killing them and conquering there land that strengthened as well as add growth to their empire.

The magnitude of the Mongol empire from the beginning to its greatest heights is an amazing story. Weatherford states “he smashed the feudal system of aristocratic privilege and birth, he built a new unique system based on individual merit, loyalty, and achievement” (xix). All of these newly presented ideas assist Khan in his conquest of unity and progression. In the battle against the Bukhara, he had many of the local people either assist him in his mission or be punished brutally. This old, but newly used concept of divide and conquer worked in Khan’s favor. It not only caused the surrender of the Bukhara, but when word spread it assisted in the surrender of the capital of Samarka (9). He realized the power of psychological warfare and used it to his advantage. In a campaign against Jamuka, the displaying of the Spirit Banner was used to make it difficult for the opposing side viewing these Banners to fight if the kinsmen had used ancestors’ Spirit Banner. This was used as “tantamount” to attacking

The next topic in a few of the documents(4,8, and 9) directly relate to the previous paragraph. The warfare techniques used by the Mongolians and devised by the Khans and the commanders. In doc.4 Juvaini, a former historian for the Mongols and later governor of Baghdad, wrote about how the army was arranged. It is arranged in such a manner that there are groups of ten with one of them being commander of the other nine. Ten groups of ten equal a larger squad with one of the hundred being the leader. Then 1,000 and the last rank 10,000 is called a tümen. Documents 8 and 9 are simply a letter from the Pope Innocent IV to Genghis Khan and a reply. The Pope basically saying that he has invaded many countries and does not spare anyone. His reply is to use Eternal Heaven as his excuse for killing. These two documents show that Genghis Khan was infamous and believed in a God, making him religious. He is like the Islamic people that fight for Allah. Pope Innocent IV believes that Genghis Khan is being irrational with all his killings and rages because he does not spare anyone. He is a reliable source due to his being a Pope and how influential a Pope is.

4.How do sources 11.1 and 11.2 help explain the success of the Mongols Empire-building efforts?Source 11.1 explains a sense of how political alliances were formed in Mongol society and how khans secured the allegiance of their followers;how Temujin became Chinggis Khan;the personality and leadership style of Ogedei.Source 11.2 revealed how Chinggis Khan viewed wisdom traditions of conquered people and

Throughout history, empires have controlled vast expanses of the world. Yet no empire has ever impacted the world's like the Mongols. Spanning from present day Russia to Korea, the Mongol Empire ruled the Eurasian continent. By modern conventions, legacy is the gift or impact someone leaves when they die. Noah Feldman once said, “Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind.”

Han collapsed because of many reasons but mainly I’ll focus on the plaques and the death of Genghis Khan. When plaques led it’s way to China a lot of people died and it was a disaster. The second reason to the fall of Mongol empire was when Genghis Khan died the empire split into many parts and went their own path. Genghis Khan: He was the founder of Mongol empire which became the largest empire.

Chinggis Khan, also known as Temüjin, was the Mongol consolidator. He came from a family of low social class. He made peace with a powerful Mongol ruler, was a good diplomat, and was loyal when necessary, making his position strong. Temüjin ended up uniting the Mongol clans, and gets renamed, Chinggis Khan. His rules helped solidify the Mongols - tribes were broken apart and men were put into new army sections. Positions were not based off of tribes, but instead on talent and loyalty. Chinggis Khan founded a capital in Karakorum, where a lavish palace was built. His policies helped solidify the Mongols by making them stronger and less problematic. Chinggis Khan also conquered the Turkish people in Tibet, Persia, North China, and central Asia. Chinggis Khan was not an administrator, so he did not create a centralized government to administer the conquered lands.

3. In David Morgan’s piece, “Who Ran the Mongol Empire?”, Morgan utilizes and plethora of contemporary and primary sources, as well as employs rhetorical analysis in order to persuade the reader that even though the Mongols incorporated foreign aspects into their empire, that they still remained dominate to their subjects. The author relies on the primary works of Rashid Al-Din, Marco Polo, and alludes to The Secret History of Mongols, as well as the contemporary works of Dr. Igor de Rachewiltz and Dr. Paul Buell in order to advance his rhetorical argument. 4.

Temüjin, better known as Chinggis Khan, was a Mongolian born in 1160’s, who later became the leader of the one of the most successful armies in the history of a mankind. Mongols under his leadership Mongols first conquered China relatively easily and then moved towards west, partly simultaneously. This essay examines the reasons for his success in conquering Iran and especially the reasons why the Muslims of Iran were not able to resist his army’s invasion. First this essay discusses Chinggis Khan’s army’s strength and superiority in general level, then shifting focus to the particular case of Iran. It becomes evident that Chinggis Khan was an extraordinary military leader and that besides that the army was extremely successful due to its

Later on Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan has future pushed the Mongol empire to at height, he was the first ruler of the Yuan dynasty, he has been trained at his young age to become a good fighter, and was exposed to the Chinese culture. (Watt, 2010) The Mongol empire unlike the other empires, the Mongol has only named its Yuan dynasty until 1271, this is due to Kublai Khan's young exposed to the Chinese culture, he decided to continues to follow most of the Song dynasty's rules and kept most of the official (Endicott-West, 1989), his hope was to minimize as much the conflicts that they arose with the previous Song dynasty as he possibly can and close up the gap between the race difference.(Rossabi,

In his description of the Mongolian empire, he shows feelings of respect for Kublai Khan, who was his current leader, whose skill in diplomacy and in war expanded the vast empire, his admiration and possibly jealousy for the more advanced culture

Now most importantly of all in this chapter is Carpini’s ability to explain Mongol war tactics. He reveals to us how skilled scouts are always sent ahead of the main battle group whose purpose is to not only survey the area, but also to kill men whenever possible. Once this is done, the Mongols send their hordes of raiders into the vicinity in order to capture and kill. However when the Mongols were outclassed or outnumbered, they would retreat and wait for the enemy to disperse and then group and attack. Carpini also discusses how in a face to face confrontation, the Mongols would bait an army to chase after them, and then after being lured into a favorable spot, would surround and ambush them, completely obliterating them. After reading through the Mongol tactics, I can make assumptions that the Mongols prefer to fight from afar with bow and arrows, and fight through ambushes and surrounding the enemy rather than through straight up engages. Not only this but the Mongols often had the power of fear with them as they would leave survivors to spread tales of terror amongst other potential areas of conquest. The information that Carpini provides here, is in my opinion, the most valuable as it is essentially giving the entire strategy book of the Mongol’s to the Europeans.

When Khan was only twenty, he decided to start a siege against all of Asia besides Mongolia, his home country. Albeit he conquered cities, he had two rules the army was forced to acquiesce, win and that the soldiers will not start pillaging the town only after the town is completely under Genghis Khan’s control. There were two reasons to that rule: First, so Khan can requisition money in exchange for freedom and not eradicate them, and following that Khan would recruit all the men of the town to join his army. When Genghis Khan asks somebody to join his multitude, they simply do not say no unless they enjoy death. The reason Khan was so fruitful in war was because he put all his men on horseback and taught them how to fire bows at high rates, which might seem evident but was unthinkable at the time. This method was so effective because if they attacked a stationary town, they would be able to attack from a distance and move around. The town did not have bows and only mastered in melee combat most of the time, which put them at a disadvantage. Khan

The rise of the Mongol Empire can be attributed to a famous emperor, Genghis Khan. He led his armies through the Great Wall of China and crushed the Jin Dynasty. “In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the Mongols were far from more barbarous than their neighboring tribes. For this reason Genghis Khan, as the cultivated Chinese put it, was nothing more nor less than a barbarian. However, this barbarian possessed a number of qualities that enabled him to become one of the greatest conquerors in the history of the word” (Hartog p.139). Unfortunately, he has a sudden death in 1227 while in the war against the Xia Dynasty. Before his passing Genghis ordered his second son, Ogedei Khan, as his inheritor to split his empire into four khanates between his children and grandchildren to complete his invasion. Many years pass after Genghis Khan died, and several Mongol leaders attempted to continue the mission of the Great Khan. It isn’t until his grandson Kublai Khan, succeeded in creating a more powerful domain during his establishment of the Yuan Dynasty

The following report will discuss the leadership qualities of Borjigin Temüjin and the organizational culture of his people, the Mongols. Readers might be confused on who Borjigin Temüjin is, he was the man known today as Genghis Khan. This paper will illustrate how Temüjin’s ability to lead developed by exploring his beginnings and how through his exceptional leadership skills he went on to create the largest contiguous empire in history. The first part of the paper will concentrate on Mongol culture in the 12th century, Temüjin’s upbringing in that culture and how he changed it through the consolidation of the many Mongol tribes. The second part will discuss the rise of Borjigin Temüjin to the post of Genghis Khan and