Explorers And Voyagers Written Presentation

Weatherford’s attitude about the Mongols is due to his belief that the world changed or began to change from the medieval to the modern world because e of the influence of the Mongols. He stated “The new technology, knowledge, and commercial wealth created the Renaissance in which Europe rediscovered some of its prior culture, but more importantly, absorbed the technology for printing, firearms, the compass, and the abacus from the East” (xxiv).

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.

The Mongol empire was the world’s largest empire. The Mongol’s practices and beliefs had both positive and negative effects. The large Mongolian empire promoted communication and diversity; however, despite this positive effect, the Mongolian empire housed the deaths of many innocent people. In addition to this, the Mongol empire fostered various religions, but enforced the same practices on everyone, no matter what religion they may follow; this brought order amongst the Mongolian empire.

William of Rubruck’s was a Flemish monk who wrote a detailed description of the Mongolian culture. Mongolia is a land locked nation located in Central Asia. About 2.6 million people by the 2000 census inhabit the country. This paper underscores the features of Mongolian political practice and ceremony as from William of Rubruck’s Account.

In this trial we witnessed how the Mongol empire affected the lives of people in Eurasia. As a jury member of the trail of Genghis Khan, I have decided that the mongols were civilized due to the religious tolerance, advancements and stimulation of trade.

The Europeans who dreamt of conquering Asia were under the impression that Asia was a blank slate, isolated with no history and traditions. However, that is their misconception for Asia from 500-1500 CE “was a vast world of contrast… [and] bewildering variety” thriving with many empires, capital cities, religions, and cultures (Gordon, 177). Because of this, Asia then can be classified as a compilation of many key eras such as the Medieval Age in China and the Golden Age. Such prosperous times for Asian states and empires are to be accredited to the notable networking in Asia at this time period. People who utilized the establishment of fundamental institutions such as the religions of Islam and Buddhism and various modes of trading and traveling were able to facilitate the diffusion of ideas and cultures therefore indirectly contributing to the overall connection of Asian states and empires during 500-1500 CE.

My name is Noverod and I am a Mongol soldier under Genghis Khan. I have decided to write this journal to capture all my journeys and conquests in order to keep track of my achievements and success. The Khan has ordered us to make war against China in order to gain their wealth and power. Despite the great geographical obstacles of China, we have found ways around them. We will be using horse – borne ways of travel in order to go across large distances and many different terrains. We want to try to exploit and dominate all sedentary peoples, and we have the ambition to do so. Genghis Khan came up with this grand idea after we conquered the Tartars, and thought about the wealth and power we could gain as a tribe. At first, his conquests were an act of vengeance against the people that caused him great pain during his childhood, but then, he thought bigger and better. Ah. Atlas tis is the day Mongols make history. We shall start traveling in a week’s time. I feel as if I will miss being here in the steppe with my family; but at the same time I want to help conquer the great lands of China and expand the land for our people due to the great climate change that has occurred here. This caused many of our crops to fail, and it was harder to maintain all the living livestock in our region. If we shall conquer the great lands of China, imagine all the vast land and grazing animals we shall have once we overtake this pity region. I have heard the Yangtze River

The desire to explore the unknown has been a driving force in human history since the dawn of time. From the earliest documented accounts, ancient civilizations have explored the world around them. Early adventures were motivated by religious beliefs, a desire for conquest, the need for trade, and an unsatisfying hunger for gold. The great Age of Exploration, beginning in the late 1400s, was an important era in the discovery and development of lands yet unknown to the Europeans. During this period, Europe sought new sea routes to Asia in pursuit of economic gain, increased glory, and opportunities to spread Christianity. Although these were motivations for explorers, the impact from the discoveries resulted in significant changes and

The article, “A Silk Road Legacy: The Spread of Buddhism and Islam” by Xinru Liu, takes up the challenge of exploring the religions and social life of Central Asian people both before and after Islamization. The article focuses on how well established Buddhism was in Central Asia before Islam, the Arab conquest and how Islam was introduced to Central

Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World provides a refreshing and insightful perspective on the Mongol Empire and their impact on history. Weatherford ardently dispels stereotypes often associated with Genghis Khan and the Mongols while highlighting their significant achievements that immensely induced them and the modern world. As Weatherford explained the history of Temujin, I found myself admiring how he overcame various hardships and created a destiny for himself. He not only created an empire, “he built a new and unique system based on individual merit, loyalty, and achievement.” (Weatherford xix)

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

Everyday, people move to different cities, towns, neighborhoods, or just the middle of nowhere. And these people who relocate, bring something unique to the new area that they live in. When people migrate, a society becomes more diverse. Cultures, foods, religions, languages, beliefs, and much more are exposed to different people and this in turn, causes many people to become more informed, diverse, less ignorant, and sometimes even infuriated. Just like in the present, the same things occurred in medieval times. When the Gothic tribes invaded Rome, Rome changed forever. It was no longer what it used to be in terms of culture or strength. Another big migration of people was of the Mongolian people taking over most of Asia. This migration was more of a positive one because although the Mongolians killed many people, they allowed freedom of religion and granted other rights to the people they ruled. In this paper we will discuss why these people moved, weather or not the migrations were peaceful, how these migrations affected the empire/culture/religion, and compare the migrations/invasions.

The start of the Mongol Empire began as a system of nomadic pastoralists who were extremely well experienced horsemen and traveled with their flocks of sheep, goats, cattle, and horses over the vast steppes of the prairielands of Central Asia. At the start of the Mongols rise to supremacy was the formation of tribal coalition known as “All the Mongols” (Saunders 1971) While the early tribal coalition was successful at establishing itself as a power in Manchuria and North China, it wasn’t until the rise of a well-known figure did the Mongols ascend to a force to fear and respect. That

In this story we discover the voyage of John of Plano Carpini and William of Rubruck, and how they made it to Mongolia during the central period of the thirteenth century. Both men were followers of Christendom, or god as limited individuals have been. These individuals apparently underwent different kinds of difficulties of which St. Paul spoke of, in a completely self-sacrificing dedication to the service of Christendom. During their journey both men saw various lifestyles and livelihood. Some cultural aspects appeared interesting, while others brought concern among both men. In all, they both saw wealth of interesting cultural information about the various Mongol groups as well as the lives of people they had captured from around the world.

The Bibi Khanym is a congregational mosque, masjid-i jami` in Persian, built by Emperor Timur-i Leng between 1399 and 1404 in Samarkand, present day Uzbekistan. Emperor Timur remarkably expanded his small tribe into the Timurid Dynasty, which lasted from 1370 to 1507. Timur showed great leadership skills and also had an interest in architecture. The results of his artistic interests are especially apparent in Samarkand, the capital of the Timurids during Timur’s reign where art, architecture, and culture flourished. The Bibi Khanum exemplifies the vision that Timur held for Samarkand because of the monument’s dominant and massive nature. Although today the mosque is different from the time of the Timurid Dynasty because of the renovations