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.

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

In the dictionary the definition of the Mongols is “a native or inhabitant of Mongolia” (Webster). Mongols are much more than just inhabitants of Mongolia. They were great conquerors but brutally barbaric. The Mongol empire ruled from the 13th century to the mid 14th century (McDougal Littel). Genghis Khan and his descendants accomplished a lot, but the civilians faced many hardships. It seems as if they came and left in a matter of only a couple of years. The legacy of the Mongols should be evaluated based on positive and negative contributions to society. Positively, the conquerors were quite successful as they acquired land all throughout Eurasia. Negatively, they ferociously harmed people and valuables in the process.

The Mongols were not and possibly have never been barbaric. Cruel, yes but never savages. They were a community who was disciplined, who had laws, and who had control of a great army.

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.

The world has viewed the Mongols as destructive barbarians; however, the Mongols viewed themselves as soldiers. The perception of themselves is important because they did not believe it was destructive to unite a world empire. They believed that because they were soldiers, anyone in their path could be taken down by force. The nations that defined Mongols as destructive are the same people that resisted joining their empire. The Mongol’s obsession with power, dedication to their leader, and their need to possess land is why I believe they should not be remembered as destructive barbarians. Instead, I think they should be known as the empire that failed to unite the world.

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.

One of the ways that the Mongols were able to conquer so much land was through extreme brutality when invading. For instance, document 2 clearly demonstrates their cruelty: “these Tatars [Mongols] spared none, slaying women and men and children, ripping open pregnant women and killing unborn babies.” In addition, document 4 reports the incomprehensible number of deaths from several

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

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: 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

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).

8% of the mongol men living in the former empire were related to Genghis Khan. The Mongols would rape women and if they had a husband and kids they would make them watch their mom or wife get raped then kill everyone except the mother after. This is only the amount of women Genghis Khan raped there is no telling how many the other warriors raped all together. This was truly a ruthless way of showing strength and power. While the mongols ate dinner they had people suffocating underneath the table they were eating on. This is showing that the only rule the mongols lived by was eat sleep and kill. The poor people under the table are having their last breath while the mongol warriors are 3 inches away having the time of their life. They also killed 11.8% of the population in their period of ruling. That adds up to 1.8 million deaths of people per year from 1206-1227. This is in the top 5 for deaths in war and we have way more advanced technology today then they will have ever seen. If that isn’t bloodthirsty and merciless i can’t tell you what

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.

According to background essay on the Mongols “The Mongols were a small tribe during the 13th century. They were from the grasslands of Central Asia and conquered much of the known world.” They also said that “They operate from the backs of horses and sometimes use siege weapons. The essay also explained how the Mongols were one of the several nomadic peoples who competed with one another for pasture land and livestock. They also had no metal working, no written language, and no permanent homes. The Mongols also were first led by Genghis Khan and did not have a good reputation. The Mongols may have been successful but it was do to mostly negative examples and information. The Mongols were although positive in a way. For example their Yam System, to make them go faster and farther. However, this example and many other positive examples are ways for the Mongols to fight better and kill more people. The Mongols were barbaric because they were brutal and ruthless.