How Successful Was The Mongol Empire

Though the mongols were seemingly barbaric in the way which they conquered their territory, the empire they established was advanced in how its society and culture were organized and developed.

The Strong, Powerful Mongols The Mongols reigned over four million square miles in Europe and Asia. Their power stretched from Korea to Poland and ruled over millions of people. They first conquered China and Persia, then followed with Russia and Eastern Europe, ending with the takeover of the Middle East. The Mongol’s influence covered a majority of the world’s population in the thirteenth and fourteenth century.

During the early thirteenth century Chinggis Khan and his following successors helped forge various tribes in to a powerful alliance that built the largest empire the world has ever seen. The Mongolian empire reached great in size in such a short period of time. This was basically because of the sturdy Mongol army and many efficient policies the Khan family established. The Mongols were very knowledgeable in military tactics. There empire had a strong sense of unity, helping the empire get so great so rapidly. There allies also contributed to the Mongolian empire. By the time of Chinggis Khan's death in 1227, he had laid the foundation of a vast and mighty empire, which continued to grow with his tactics set in stone.

The Mongols were history’s strongest and biggest empire that ever lived. The most powerful emperor was Genghis Khan who conquered over 4 million square miles of land. By the peak of the conquest, the Mongols had land from Korea to Poland and from Vietnam to Syria. There is no doubt that the Mongols were Barbaric. The Mongols focused more on making alliances and invading land than on educating their people.

The way Mongols succeeded in ruling over vast territories interested me the most. Most of the time when you read history the “conquerors” of the land would force the native people to convert to their religion and culture. Instead they were willing to incorporate other ethnic groups into the armies and the government sometimes giving them high leadership positions. However, the people put into those positions had to prove their loyalty to the Mongol empire. Some of the people that held higher positions in the government were the Uighurs, Tibetans, Persians, Chinese, and Russians. With all of these different people working together they were able to take over many lands, very quickly. For example, Chinese helped breach the walls of Baghdad in

The Mongols did their best and created techniques to conquer locations with their most successful leaders. The mongols conquered most of Asia by various and different conquerors. They conquered Russia, Persia, Central Asia, and China. Genghis Khan was the most successful conqueror overall of different times, empires, and regions. Genghis Khan who reigned from 1206-1227 conquered

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

Khan was successful then any other leader in that period of time. Kublai Khan: Was a grandson of Genghis Khan and the fifth emperor who established the Yuan dynasty and tried to conquer Japan but eventually failed. Pax Mongolica: “After the Mongols conquered many lands and created their enormous empire there came a peaceful time called the Pax Mongolica. Pax Mongolica, also known as the Mongol Peace was a period of time where peace, stability, economic

“I will rule them by fixed laws so that rest and happiness shall prevail in the world,” Genghis Khan. In the 1200s, the Mongol Empire rose and conquered most of China. The Mongol Empire was one of history’s most brutal forces because their dominance was led by a hostile leader, driven by ruthless aggression, and strengthened by an understanding of a correct civilization. The Mongol Empire was feared by many because of its ruthless leaders. The empire was divided into groups led by different khans, but the empire soon turned and was united by a strong leader, Temijin.

Many historians have different views on whether the Mongols had a positive or negative affect on the world during their time period. Over the course of their rule the Mongols had a couple of powerful leaders that brought different views and ideas of what an empire should look like, and how it should be run. Genghis Khan ruled from 1206 to 1227 A.D. He brought great military strengths that helped them conquer a lot of land. After his death in 1227 A.D. many rulers had come and gone. In 1271 A.D. Genghis’ grandson took charge. He had a different approach to ruling the empire. Unlike Genghis he was not a military leader, but rather a “business man” that helped increase foreign trade. Overall the Mongolians of the Asian Steppe had a positive impact on the world during their rule of the Asian continent from 1206 to 1368 by influencing trade, inventions, and unification amongst China.

He even began the golden age of the Mongolians, known as the Pax Mongolica. Genghis Khan's great success as a ruler was due to his war tactics, brutality, and centralized

Factors that contributed to the rise of the Roman, Mongolian and Ottoman Empires involve the following: some sort of unification whether it be political or geographical; a strong army; and expansion. During Augustus Caesar’s rule of the Roman Empire, he brought political stability to his people by defeating Rome’s enemies, and preserving aristocracy, the Senate, the elected Roman magistracy, and Roman citizenship (Wallech et al., 2013). In the Mongolian Empire, Temujin, known later as Genghis Khan, also defeated all his rivals and became the leader of Mongolian tribes (May, 2008). Under his rule, the tribes of Mongolia were unified into a single supra-tribe also known as the All Mongol State (May, 2008). The Ottoman Empire attracted and united those who roamed across the Middle East “searching for means to gain their livelihoods and seeking to fulfill their religious desire to expand the territory of Islam” (Yapp & Shaw, 2017). All three empires also

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.

Towards the end of the post classical period, during the early twelfth century new empires rose to power. Specifically, the Mongol Empire located in the steppes of Central Asia. The Mongol Empire was started by Genghis Khan who was part of a nomadic clan. Khan used his position as leader of the clan to unite all the clans in the area to create a very powerful army, which he then used to expand further and conquer empires such as China, Russia, the Middle East, and and the city of Baghdad creating the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire controlled the most land of any empire. As the Mongol Empire conquered new Empires they effected them through the environment, social classes, politically economically, and their culture. Two empires that the Mongol Empire had an effect drastically on was China and Russia politically and economically. The Mongol Empire improved China and Russia economically by facilitating trade routes stabilizing China economy and helped Russia semi-stable their economy. Politically the Mongol Empire enforced a system which united the people in China and helped Russia develop a political system indirectly.

The Mongol Empire gained and maintained power through an organized government, religious acceptance, and a robust army.