Dbq Mongols Being Barbarian

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.

Barbarians simply meant foreigners. By the 1200 “barbarian” was a much more negative term referring to people who lived beyond the reach of civilization, people who were savage, evil. The Mongols were barbaric with the amount of land they conquered, laws, and punishments. The barbarians were barbaric in many different ways.

In Document 3 “Carpini on Battle Tactics”, the author displays a way in how brutal the Mongols really were. Though the mongols were rumored to have left parts of countries such as China “greasy with human fat and flesh” gives an idea of just how savage and cruel the Mongol men were. In Document 3, the text goes on to say “If they do surrender into their hands, they say: Come out, so that we may count you according to our custom” and when they come out to them they seek out the artificers (artisans) among them and keep these, but the others, with the exception of those they wish to keep as slaves, they kill with the ax” (paragraph 4, lines 5-14). This line from the text explains how the Mongols would tell their enemies they would be able to surrender and unless they were artisan, they would be slaughtered with an axe! This idea placed by the Mongols a very strong and

How Barbaric Were the “Barbarians?” The Mongolians created the largest land connected empire in the history of the world. Although their methods of doing this were quite brutal, the Mongols were not as barbaric as they are often remembered. Many historians only take into account the destruction caused by the Mongolian empire and completely disregard the improvements the Mongolians made. They had a neatly organized army and places they conquered often saw increased economic development and cultural diversity.

Many people today look back on the Mongols as evil and savage due to their methods of gaining power. The Mongols are identified as barbaric and an irrational society. They ignore, however, how civilized the Mongols really were in that time. Therefore, while some view the Mongols as barbaric and brutal, the Mongols were a civilized group due to their military organization, their achievements, and their structured society.

But it's believed that they were not. The definition of barbaric is being brutal or uncivil. But, the Mongols

The Mongols were seen as savage people who were good for nothing but destruction, many referred to them as "barbarians". A condescending

Although the Mongols were believed to occasionally act as brutal, they do not fit the definition of a barbarian. The Mongols were not barbarians because they developed effective military tactics, became tolerant of different religions and blended with other societies, and

Barbaric, most people tend to think of this word as meaning savage, however when some people think of barbaric, they might think of ancient tribes such as the Mongols. However it could very well be argued that the Mongols were truly the most advanced and non barbaric empire of their time, more so than any other country or empire at the time. The first reason this could be considered true is that “The Mongols conquered nearly all of Asia and achieved what all Inner Asian steppe empires had dreamed of, control of the continental caravan routes from China to Persia.” (Document 6).

The Mongols: How Barbaric were the “Barbarians”? During the thirteenth and fourteenth century the word “barbarian” meaning foreigner in Geek received a negative connotation of people that lived beyond the pale of civilization, people who were savages and evil. Knowing that Mongols were nomadic people, which were illiterate and did not have a written language definitely people would call them barbaric because they had a different way of life than those who lived in a civilization; who grew their food and were educated. Due to the fact that historians still cannot really decipher the Mongols language, much less they few written materials left behind no one is to know what they had in mind during the invasions throughout Asia, the Middle East and Eastern

The Mongols were Semi-Barbaric because they had strong political structures, but they were very brutal in battle, also you must consider they had very strong morality. The strong political systems of the Mongols were in relativity to the fact they're empire was thriving from 1211- 1294, but lasted till 1335. Shown in the map of the Mongolian empire, The Mongolian empire was split into 4 sections. The Golden Horde currently Russia, Ilkhanate present day Persia, Chagatai not Central Asia, and Khanate of the Great Khan modern day China.

How Barbaric Were the Barbarians? In the 13th century, there was a shock of evilness. Barbaric, violent, or evil, all of these terms are used to describe the Mongols. Usually and more commonly, people refer to the Mongols as barbarians. Even if the Mongols did show that they were capable of doing violent acts, which is what barbaric means, the Mongols are still able to show accomplishments such as benefiting their empire and surprisingly benefiting other empires too.

The Mongolians in the 1200s were very barbaric. Throughout most of their endeavors have been mostly detailed violence. If anything a better word to describe the Mongols were savages. These ancient warriors conquered and pillaged almost everything of the known world in the 1200s. They were violent and brutal in their journey to expand and conquer.

The Mongols were very harsh and brutal like no one else in their era but I believe that they are not barbarians. The Mongols had a strong dominating military that was almost always successful, they contributed to many of the ideas that are still around today, and made a very stern set of laws that kept their community civilized which is why I believe that the Mongols were not barbarians.

Throughout the 13th century world, the Mongols constantly showed displays of continuous violence, drinking, brutality and unfair treatment. They were considered to be savages, and people who lived far beyond what we would know as a “civilized world.” They single handedly became one of, if not the most powerful empires to have existed, building their empire through violent and barbaric manors. The Mongols were very barbaric people, for they portrayed many inhumane and mannerless actions while their empire lasted, causing death destruction and the downfall of all of the land they took over.