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06/06/16
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History Research Paper The reason why the Mongol Empire was a place of power because of it strong social structure, unique religion rules, frequently trade with other countries in the world, powerful and undefeated military and the superior location. Social structure of the Mongols made its society peaceful and stable, religion rules made the empire get supports from other countries and religion, trade opened the empire to the whole world and increased the economic level, solid military made the empire powerful and the great location made it have more advantages against other countries. To start with, the society of the Mongol empire is peaceful and social structure is stable and strong. As one of the
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Because of the way they live, the nomadic life, they realized the importance of the trade. They didn’t like Chinese, the Mongolian favored trading with other countries such as those in West Asia and Europe, they built a number of roads which made the trade easier. Not only they benefited themselves, but also influenced other countries. China, for example, the Mongols increase the amount of banknotes in circulation and to ensure that the value of paper money in precious metals. ( * ) The merchants from different countries was encouraged to come to the empire and trade with Mongolian.( * ) Since the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the merchants from Europe could not travel safely and the merchants from India could not make business on the Black sea and Eastern Mediterranean. So they wanted to travel safely to another play can continue trading. The Mongol Empire pointed all the merchants could travel to here with a greater safety and this announcement was guaranteed by the Pax Mongolica. ( * ) Because of this movement of the Mongol empire, more and more merchants came to the empire and started trading with mongolians. The things was traded not only the goods from different places, but also religion, technique, culture, art, medicinal ideas were traded, too. ( * ) The trade of the empire made it famous, opened the communication with other parts of the world, …show more content…
As people all know, the Mongolian army always won the battle with a less amount against the enemy with a larger amount of soldiers. The reason why their army was such a successful existence, one of the most important reason is because their high advanced war equipment. For instance, the silk underwear. It was a light armor but worked as a shield. It could hold the arrows which shoot from far distance, protected soldiers from poison and humid weather. Compare to other armor and gear, the silk underwear was much lighter, it gave the soldiers more flexibility of their body when they put on armor and improved the move speed. There are more advanced equipments such as trebuchets, Xuanfeng catapults which was a long-distance attacking weapon, Mongolian horses which gave the faster motion and so on. ( * ) On the one hand, the army was tough. On the other hand, the Mongol army have a good organizer and effective tactics. Genghis Khan was one of the best Strategist in the history, his tactics were simple but effective, flexible and useful. For example,“The Mongols pioneered the use of feigned flight, surprise attacks, hostage taking, psychological warfare and human shields. The Mongol cavalry, situated around the around the outside of the tumen, could swiftly advance to the front with little warning, and attack the enemy with a hail of arrows” ( * ), all those tactics
The Mongol Empire was founded in the year 1206 by Genghis Khan. At its largest, the Mongol Empire spanned from the South China Sea in the East, to parts of Asia in the North, to the Mediterranean sea in the West and to the Himalayan Mountains in the South (Document 1). The Mongol Empire had a positive impact on the rest of the world by changing trade routes, welcoming all religions and having many great inventions.
The Mongol Empire is very successful because their society became technologically advanced and they had very a skilled and mobile military force. They also had a very favorable tolerance policy that allowed people to follow their own customs and beliefs.
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.
Trade in the Mongol empire, according to document 6, Persian artisans flourished. The artisans were creating constantly for the Ilkhanids who were patrons of the arts. Winemaking was thriving as the Mongols were great drinkers. The silk industry was boosted from trade with China, another part of the Mongol Empire. Pax mongolica, the peace presented by the Mongols, even declared cities and villages along the caravan routes tax free zones.
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 a very barbaric nomad group. In the 13th century the Mongols created the largest connected land mass empire in the history of the world because they were barbaric when it came to their tactics, killing and conquering, and economy and law.
If it wasn’t for the Mongol’s ruthlessness, they wouldn't have controlled as much land as they did. In fact, when they conquered most of Asia, it benefitted the economy greatly. Cities along caravan routes became successful as a part of the tax-free customs. The Persian silk industry benefitted from their conquests due to the empires that opened up with China (Doc 2). Not only did the Mongols improve the socio-economic status of Asia, but they also helped other civilizations make advances.
The Mongol Empire, an infamous empire in founded in the beginning of the thirteenth century and fell in the mid to late fourteenth century, 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
“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.
There were several factors that combined to help the Mongols conquer and maintain control over large territories. These factors included their excellent military strategies and superior weapons. The text mentions that even though the Mongols were usually outnumbered by their enemies, their advanced riding techniques, archery skills, and bows gave them the upper hand. The Mongols were also a largely nomadic people which allowed them to be comfortable travelling in foreign lands, communicating across extensive distances, independent, and good decision makers. Their acceptance of multiple religions was likely another factor that helped the Mongols understand the cultures and economic characteristics of the people they were conquering.
Who were the Mongols? Most would think they were just a bunch of dishonorable people with no moral and treated their conquered people horribly. But really, they were not that bad if you were not the ones fighting them. Although the Mongols started as a small, nomadic group, they could expand, conquer, and maintain their empire because of their effective military tactics, their religious tolerance and integration, as well as their flourishing trade.
The Mongol empire prospered through the use of the Silk Road. The ferocious empire coveted the relative wealth of tribes and kingdoms that were located closer
They forced law and order into their Empire. This period is often known as the Pax Mongolica (Mongol Peace). It was guaranteed that the people were safe while making trade and spreading ideas throughout their land. Trade was boosted during the Mongol Empire, between Europe and Asia ideas, inventions, and goods were all passed along the region. Examples like Gunpowder, weapons, cloth, pearls, carpets, leather goods, silver, live stock, (etc,) could all be found on these trade routes. Laws like the “Yassa” (Great law) were put in effect, they made sure that tribal disputes didn't break out into war. The laws were a major part in trading as well to keep the flow of goods flowing smoothly, theft and rustling were outlawed and people were punished severely if they were caught doing these acts so hardly never were there any issues at all making the region a safe place to
The Mongol Empire gained and maintained power through an organized government, religious acceptance, and a robust army.
The Mongolian Empire was one of the most influential in history; it controlled more land than any other civilization and caused the black plague which started the renaissance in Europe.