History Of The Mongols

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.

Genghis Khan and the Mongols were very violent. According to document 2, Genghis organized his army in rows of ten, in which one man would be a leader. Over ten groups of ten, there would be one man in charge of all of them, over that 10 there would be one man in charge. There would be one man in charge of a thousand, then another in charge of 10 groups of a thousand. The Mongols used the word “tumin” to describe this number. Over every army there was two to three commanders, but in some way one held the overall command. While the Mongols were in battle if more than one man fled, the whole group of ten would be put to death, which caused a lot of acts of unnecessary violence. Also, if an entire group of ten fled, if the whole group of one hundred didn’t flee they would all be put to death, even though technically they did nothing wrong. Another rule present

The Mongols also contributed in encouraging trade like how they used some of their military power in order to protect the silk roads or how they improved the status of merchants. Another contribution the Mongols made was getting foreign contacts. For example, because they had an attitude of openness toward foreigners, this influenced foreigners to exchange products, people, technology, and science. They also should be remembered for their conquests. This because the Mongols were able to conquer many countries at their time. For example, they conquered so many countries during the conquest they could be considered the largest empire at the time. During their conquest, because they had so much land they had to divide their country into four Khanates in order to maintain it. Another reason they should be remembered for their conquest is because the Mongols were able to conquer all of China which at the time could be considered an impossible task! So, the Mongols should be remembered because of their abilities and knowledge they had at the time, their contributions because it allowed them to gain a lot, and also because of their long

Many historians have been interested in the ancient Mongols and the impact they have had on our life today. One of the big questions they have been exploring is if the Mongols had a positive or negative impact on the world during their rule in Asia. 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 the overrule of Asia, strict rules, and harshness.

The Mongol empire was one the greatest empires of all time expanding all over Central Asia. Bordering Chinese states, the Khwarazmian empire, present day Afghanistan, Siberia, Iran, and many more, at its height the mongol empire was over 20,000,000 square kilometers. This was all possible due to extraordinary men in Central Asia, ruled by Genghis khan emperor of the Mongol empire. These Asian nomads along with their fearless and intelligent leader, flourished against numerous odds impacting all those whom they waged war against. A recipient of this ‘impact’ in particular was Russia. It was around 1219 when the Mongols first entered the Kievan Russia marking the beginning of the interactions of the two. With the Mongols rise in establishing one of the largest contiguous empire in history and having Russia only distances away the collision of the two were inevitable. As history shows this collision did happen in the year 1236 which marked the beginning of great impact that the Mongols would have on the Russian empire culturally, politically, and economically.

The major legacies of the Mongol rule in the Islamic world are that they supported trade, built roads, increased religious tolerance, further advanced in medicine and astronomy and built paper money. They reopened four major trade routes which were closed – Silk Road, sea route from China to Persian Gulf, Siberian Route and an alternate route from lower Volga. The four major legacies of Genghis Khan, the founder of Mongol empire were tolerance, written language, legal code and trade and crafts.

1) Why do you believe that the Mongols are referred to as the “forgotten conquerors?”

The Mongols are a group of men and some women who took over China, and united the largest empire in the world history. They did this in many ways, some positive and some negative, using smart tactics to make their way to ruling the empire. Nevertheless, the Mongols had a more positive impact than negative by influencing transportation and communication, economic diversity, and politics in the world around them for many years.

By 1260, the Mongol Empire extended from the Siberian forests to the Yellow Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean coast. The vast expanse of land the Mongols ruled over made it difficult for leaders to quickly relay orders to troops making advances on several fronts and to communicate other information, edicts, and laws. To combat the inefficient communication, the Yam system was developed under Chinggis Khan’s rule and was officially established under Ogodei Khan. The network included post houses located every few miles, between which messengers would ride their horses pass off the messages to each other. When Marco Polo traveled in the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century, he claimed that the Mongols maintained up to 10,000 relay stations and 200,000 horses in the Yam (Strayer 347). Each messenger was considered an official representative of the Great Khan, and was eventually issued a tablet called a paiza. The paizas were used to distinguish messengers carrying out orders from unauthorized merchants and traders who were not granted the use of the stations. Through this simple yet massive communication system, messages that normally required weeks to transport now took only a few days to cross thousands of miles. By speeding up communication, the Great Khan could give orders and receive reports rapidly, increasing the efficiency and accuracy of their military attacks and the rate of implementing new government structures in conquered territories. By connecting the far

The Mongols were known to be cruel and nefarious but also positively impacted the world as well. Mongols specifically influenced Europe. In document 5, by the author Robert Guisepi, the Mongols influenced trade. It states in the document “ making possible the exchange of food, tools, and ideas on and trade routes brought great wealth to traders”( Doc 5). After the Roman Empire fell, the Silk Road also fell.

Nearly 816 years ago near present day Mongolia the Mongol empire started to thrive. The Mongols had a positive impact on the world by the time there empire had crumbled. One way they had a positive impact is that they brought trading after it started to die off. They also made the Pax Mongolia and spread religion.

The Mongols were a nomadic tribe that lived in Central Eurasia. Their first leader was Genghis Khan. Genghis unified the once nomadic mongols and built a powerful army used to conquest most of Eurasia in the upcoming decades. In order to expand his Empire, Genghis took over neighboring countries by using a tactic that used terror and fear. Before Khan became emperor, Mongol life was centered on herding animals and constantly searching for better pastures.

The bubonic plague epidemic of the 1300s led to the destruction of the Mongol Empire by separating many areas in Eurasia from each other and wiping out millions of people. As a result, trade and communication vanished from the Mongol Empire, and it only worsened the political turmoil that was already present in the empire. Even after the destruction of the empire Genghis Khan had formed, many other empires were influenced by the Mongols and tried to incorporate many aspects of the Mongol Empire into their own. The empires that modeled after the Mongol Empire contributed to the image of Genghis Khan and the Mongols. Timur, a ruler in central Asia, and Montesquieu, a French philosopher, changed the image of Genghis Khan and the Mongols into one of subhuman barbarians for modern Europeans. Timur’s inhumane practices during his reign made Genghis Khan appear cruel. Furthermore, Montesquieu’s criticisms toward the Asians and Mongols created a growing negative stereotype. The modern Asians were interested in restoring a more positive image of Genghis Khan and the Mongols because these perceptions made themselves come off as savages, and the Europeans deployed conquests in Asia since they perceived the Asians to be enemies. Thus, the Asians decided to counter the harmful reputation they had accumulated by looking into the history of the Mongol Empire as a way to improve their own reputation.

In 1200 a Mongol leader by the name of Temujin rose to power. Under his rule the Mongol Empire flourished and conquered many enemies and occupied a large amount of land. Throughout his reign the Mongols continued to be a major power house.

Life under rule of the Mongols would benefit from taxes because it was reduced to promote economic growth, it was not a lot of crime and expanded trade, the kingdom was all under the same law and punishments and the conquered people get to build roads, serve in their armies and took control of the trade around their