The Mongols were constantly conquering new lands of insanely large sizes. They acquired land masses as big as 4,860,000 square miles all around. (document one) They were like terrorists to another persons home and another mans land with their crude actions and constant killing. Genghis Kahn alone conquered the largest amount of land, in fact being 4,860,000 square miles. Thats bigger than the body of the United States alone, and there’s no way that this man acquired all this land just by marching in and asking if he could take over. He just took over with the complex army he’d formed. Their army was just as hardcore and serious as they were. The faults of one man could result in the death of ten. The act of ten men could result in the death of 100
Impact of the Mongols The Mongols are the most influential civilization to ever exist in central Asia. They impacted countries all over the world in great ways.
The Mongols: An unorthodox melting pot The Mongols lived their lives with a love to conquer, they did not hesitate to kill and plunder; however, not everything they did was out of savagery. Their way of life had rules and speculations, as they only plundered with permission and must obey their
Mongolian conquests and invasions devastated affected areas and left survivors terrified. To all areas they have invaded including Tangut cities, Novgorod, and Nishapur, Mongols treated inhabitants harshly and most of the time, killed them (Doc.1, 2, 3, 6). Monks
An empire falls for many reasons, the biggest being the internal turmoil. This turmoil included a weak line of succession, bureaucratic corruption, and the inability to lift economic burdens. The empire, in its weakened state, leaves itself vulnerable to many outside attacks from enemies and at risk for regional,
Although the Mongols and Portuguese dominated in separate time spans they still shared a lot of similar traits but just because they some common themes doesn’t mean they had exactly the same experiences, in fact, there was a lot of difference between the two especially in terms of function. If I were to label the two I would pick very different terms, I’d classify the Mongols as an empire and the Portuguese as more of a piracy or coastal army. One of the major differences that make these labels fit so well is the type of geography the two conquered, the Portuguese stayed along the coast conquering port cities and coastal tribes whereas the Mongols dominated whatever they could conquer, they controlled vast amounts of land while again the Portuguese
The Mongol empire is known as one of the most powerful and comprehensive land empires in history. Emerging from Genghis Khan’s unification of Mongolia’s nomadic tribes, the transcontinental empire quickly expanded along with its reputation through both violent and peaceful conquest. Ruling with a strong sense of justice and an
conquering nations. The Mongols as barbaric plunderers intent merely to survive. This perception, based on Persian, Chinese, Russian, and other accounts of the speed and ruthlessness with which the Mongols
Throughout history, violence and strength tie together in many situations, the winner of wars When asking for mercy, Genghis let all live, solely taking over that area, asking for tribute, and making the men of the village work for the Mongols. Furthermore, his destructiveness “was partly offset by the attempts of Mongol regimes to revive agriculture and trade,” with the Mongols helping areas to remain economically stable. In sum, Mongolian conquest destroyed many towns and killed innumerable numbers of people, but the Mongols gave each area a chance to survive, and treated survivors justly.
Truth, War, and Mongols A historic empire that made an immense impact throughout history, it's being influenced the world around it, it's people were advanced and innovative for the time. The Mongolian empire began at around 1200 A.D. and throughout it's long and large existence, influential ideas and developments were created. Their horsemanship, their militancy, their nomadic lifestyle, their leadership system, their fall and their impact make up all of the components that are needed to fully understand and appreciate the history of the Mongolian empire. The seventh grade history text, Across the Centuries, describes all of these aspects, though not all are presented with depth, their basic ideas and concepts are understood by the
The Mongol army swept across societies of Eurasia due to brutal violence, which allowed for their rapid spread of influence because of the fear that they established through destruction. Through the fear that came from the violence that Chinggis Khan was interested in, they were able to exterminate any enemies who stood in their way to force societies to gain their rule. The Mongols’ brutality became a key factor in the speed of their conquest when their enemies saw the violence occurring in a neighboring region or city, and they surrendered long before contact with the Mongols ever happened. “The Mongols looked to create the expectation of coming violence; people surrendered to the Mongols sometimes purely on the basis of rumors; being psychologically incapable of fighting back even before the battle begun” (Snapshot Reader, pg 24). Even the Mongols knew that because of their violent methods, people were afraid of them and may have even had a sense of an oncoming threat before the
Introduction Throughout history there have been great empires that have tried to basically take over the world. In western schools, these empires usually consist of empires such as Alexander the Great’s, the Roman Empire, and even the British Empire of the Victorian Age. These empires are all seen as major forces in the field of history, but there is often a great empire that has been overlooked. This overlooked empire once amassed about half of the world’s land. Its territories once included China, Persia, and even Eastern Europe. The empire is known as an empire that virtually had the world trembling in their boots. The empire is the Mongol Empire, and the question is how does an empire of nomads end up drastically
Children in modern day spend their time playing video games, while in ancient times children spent their days fighting as warriors. This may sound like an anti-video game ad, but it is not, these two things are actually very similar. The Mongol Empire is a lot more alike to the
Temujin was expected to be elected as the “Great Khan” of the whole Mongolian empire, sometime after 1200. Instead, Temujin’s opponents took advantage of Jamuka’s ever growing jealousy and banded together, against him. This marked the end of their friendship and a divide between the Mongolian tribes. Through alliances, persuasion and conquest, Temujin’s following grew fast, while Jamuka’s withered away. At the battle of Chakirma’ut, Temujin once agin fought courageously, even with his troops outnumbered against Jamuka. His superior army defeated Jamuka’s, but unlike Temujin, he was a coward and fled to the
In the era of third-wave civilizations, there were major states that had centralized governments and those without. The Aztec Empire, most were Mexica people, had a centralized government. “ The extent of empire and rapid population growth stimulated the development of markets and the production of craft goods”(582) The Mexica people began to trade in the Americas and It was important for their government to put out what was okay to trade to have relations with other states. There government produced markets and craft goods to trade with their surroundings. Therefore, The Mexica people had good relationships with other states in terms of their works in trade due to their centralized government. The Mongols are known as the ones who killed many people. Well, the Mongols did have a centralized government.“ In 1209, the first major attack on the settled agricultural societies south of Mongolia set in motion half a century of a Mongol world war, a series of military campaigns, massive killing and empire building.”(524) At this time, the Mongols were under the rule of the Khanate, Chinggis Khan. Chinggis Khan claimed that the Sky God gave him orders to conquer others. Therefore, the Mongols were under the rule of conquering other empires such as the Persian Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate in order to please the Sky God. This meant that their empire expanded to almost all of Asia. It is obvious that their relationship with other states were terrible, as they sacked states that