Asian Steppe

Some people would say the Mongols were a key development to civilization. However, the progress they made is nothing compared to their cruelty and the process they used to conquer the majority of Asia and parts of the Middle East. The Mongols were originally a small, nomadic tribe that originated from the steppes of Central Asia. The tribe placed little value on objects, considering they moved around in yurts and hardly settled. Led by Genghis Khan, they conquered land worth double the size of the Roman Empire. The Mongols were greedy, bloodthirsty barbarians who had little to no regard for human life. They went to unthinkable lengths to conquer land while destroying countless ancient cities.

The Mongol Empire had many impacts on modern day Asia and other parts of the world. Genghis Khan led an empire from the steppes of Asia during the 13th century, called the Mongols. They conquered a lot of land, from to Korea to Poland, and also from Vietnam to Syria. Because they ‘terrorized’ much of Asia, they were known as barbarians. They were thought to live beyond civilization, and known as evil. The Mongolians of the Asian Steppe had a negative impact on the world during their rule of the Asian continent from 1206 to 1368 by influencing violence, destruction, and the falling of cities.

Positively, the Mongols were great conquerors and they respected each other, negatively, they brutally harmed people and valuables in the process. Charles J. Halperin wonderfully stated, “The Mongol Empire made significant contributions to the political institutions, economic development, and cultural diversity of many lands. No history of the Mongol Empire dwells only on Mongol destruction, can be satisfactory” (Doc 6). The history of the Mongols can’t only be about the negativity that they caused to society as the Mongols had a more positive impact rather than a negative impact. The Mongols created a vast empire throughout Eurasia, but it wasn’t worth killing over 5 million people in the process. In the end, as a result of the vast empire, they weren’t able to control it. Eventually, the Mongol empire and became a part of the society in the area and vanished

So it is clear that the Mongols had different affects on people during their expansion westward. As the Mongols expanded throughout the territories, many people viewed this as a negative impact. On the other hand, the Mongols let the people they conquered

The Mongol Empire was the largest continuous land empire in history, taking control of many Afro-Eurasian societies in the thirteenth and fourteenth century. Not only were the Mongols militarily powerful, they were also administratively powerful. The Mongols had a major impact on societies of Afro-Eurasia during this time period because their conquests ruined cities, their cultural diverse population adopted controlling positions, and their administrative efficiency promoted economy.

The Mongols impacted civilizations all over the world. In the end though the Mongols blended into most civilizations they conquered,

The mongol was a tremendous impact on the Future history in the time of 1206-1368. The Mongols had a general named Genghis Khan, however they had no true ruler. But, I will argue that they had a very negative impact on our history of Asia and the world today. The Mongols lived in the steppe of the Asian Plateau which was a good place for them. They did a lot of horrid things that cause us to lose the history of the past. Although this affected our learning status now, it’s just a minor problem to all they did in the past events. Others will say that they had a positive impact on our history, but this is just a quick article on why they are wrong.

The Mongols were nomadic pastoralists who originated in the Eurasian steppes but eventually conquered the largest contiguous empire in history. The first ruler Genghis Khan was able to unite the loosely-bound nomadic clans in 1206 AD and begin seizing land through ingenious military tactics such as base-10 warrior organization, trickery, and terror. Later, his grandson Kublai Khan continued conquering new land and adding it to their vast yet relatively decentralized government. Although there were a few positive effects of Mongol rule, they still had an overall negative impact on Eurasia because of the large quantities of deaths they caused and their weakening of Chinese power in their own government.

The Mongol Empire, an infamous empire in due to its oppressively powerful army, had an unavoidable influence on Eurasia including both positive effects, such as advancing trade and production of goods in less advanced societies (doc 5) as well as laying a powerful and protective influence on a number of societies (doc 2), and negative effects, being savagely murderous towards those societies in their path (doc 1), destroying important structures and cities of other societies (doc 7), and aggressively demanding a tribute be paid to them from Christian societies and others (doc 9), as well as effects that are considered neither negative nor positive effects, examples being that the Khan leader did not convert to Christianity when confronted

Like Document 6 states, “The very size of the Mongol Empire encouraged the wider dissemination of goods and ideas throughout Eurasia, as the very size of the Mongol Empire encouraged the wider dissemination of goods and ideas throughout Eurasia.” This shows that, the Mongols were helping the world spin by allowing trade through their large empire. This is a positive effect of the Mongols. Also the Chinese discovered 3 things that would impact the world in a ginormous way. In some poistive ways.

Sometimes ruling a new city was for the best. The Mongols helped cities in many ways; they made many contributions to the economics, political system, and made their culture more diverse when they took over. (Doc. 6) They also made new helpful laws as they went along; such as no adultery, theft, and the roles of the house. (Doc. 7,10)

The Pax Mongolica is an important reason why the Mongolian empire had a positive impact on Eurasia because both the Mongols and other regions were able to gain needed resources and survive longer. These routes not only posed as routes for trade, but also acted as a way for communication throughout the empire, as depicted on document 1. The rise of the Pax Mongolica helped enforce safer and better trade. It gave Eurasia a well needed time of peace and prosperity since the Mongols hadn’t halted their invasions. During this time merchants were able to travel from one end of the empire to another with a lower risk of being attacked. This blossomed trade since goods were successfully transported throughout Eurasia for a duration that would keep cities surviving. The collapse of the Pax Mongolica was also a positive for Eurasia because the decline in trade and the collapse of the Mongolian empire led to an “Age of Exploration” -Document 7. This Age of Exploration began with Christopher Columbus, and westerners searching for new routes to China and India. Document 7 states; “Thus, the Mongols indirectly led to European exploration and the intrusion of Europeans into Asia. These are both positive effects the Mongols had on Eurasia because without the rise and the fall of the Pax Mongolica more regions around the world, including Eurasia would be left

The Mongolians were tricky people. Forced out of there homelands, it made them thrash and slash there way to the top. They concorde almost all of Asia, But people still say there ravenous people were the worst thing to happen to all of the country. That they were soulless monsters and killed for fun. But no they weren't they had to kill they had no other way of getting supplies. Plus half of the stuff the did like the Pax mongolia helps with so many things that were beneficial in the future. Like trade, The Silk Road was able to spread religion and technology and so many other things that connected the rest of the world. Plus there battle tactics are still somewhat used today like pairing up in various groups and have each little group have a

The Mongols were excellent in learning from obstacles, doing without, and making the best out of what was given with them. Their ingenious thought process led to them being one of the most successful empires of all time. Unlike no other empire of their time, their war-like way of life is what brought them to the top and is what they’ve left in history. The Mongolian empire was successful due to their vast understanding of characteristics needed in an empire, dealing with environmental setbacks, and makeshift

When you first hear the word Mongol, the immediate image that comes to mind is that of a fearsome and ruthless warrior. This reputation helped the Mongols conquer and rule the largest empire in history which spanned from China to Europe. While the rise of the Mongols is largely attributed to the emergence of their famed leader, Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire itself would have lasting effects on China, Korea, and Japan even after his death. The Mongols would occupy Koryo Korea, defeat the Southern Song Dynasty to occupy China, and attempt to invade and conquer Japan on two occasions under the guidance of Kublai Khan. These aggressive maneuvers by the Mongol Empire would have significant ramifications on the development of China, Korea, and