The Impact Of Mongol Conquests

One of the reasons the Mongol nomads had a prominent and menacing effect on Afro Eurasia was their state building strategies. After conquering cities, they appointed the agents in each of the cities to govern the city, as seen in Document 6. The ruler, Chinggis Khan, had respect for loyalty; he usually made deals with the conquered cities, which benefited both sides. There are also many places of worships, as mentioned in Document 7. There were multiple churches, and mosques. It is true that the Mongol nomads were highly cosmopolitan which helped with state building and that as a result, effected Afro Eurasia by introducing more people. Document 3 contains valuable sources of information about Russia during the Mongol era. It described the Mongols as destructive invaders from the East and lashes out particularly at the Tartars for damaging cities and sacred places. During the fourteenth century, Russian preoccupation

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.

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.

Throughout the 13th century world, the Mongols constantly showed displays of continuous violence, drinking, brutality and unfair treatment. They were considered to be savages, and people who lived far beyond what we would know as a “civilized world.” They single handedly became one of, if not the most powerful empires to have existed, building their empire through violent and barbaric manors. The Mongols were very barbaric people, for they portrayed many inhumane and mannerless actions while their empire lasted, causing death destruction and the downfall of all of the land they took over.

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

The Mongolians in the 1200s were very barbaric. Throughout most of their endeavors have been mostly detailed violence. If anything a better word to describe the Mongols were savages. These ancient warriors conquered and pillaged almost everything of the known world in the 1200s. They were violent and brutal in their journey to expand and conquer.

While conquering the world, the Mongols took many more lives than necessary in some of the most gruesome ways imaginable. In Document 3, it states, “... sometimes they even take the fat of the people they kill and, melting it, throw it onto the houses, and wherever the fire falls on this fat it is almost inextinguishable.” This shows a very brutal and unnecessary way of thoroughly wiping out a village, where instead of killing, they could have taken the villagers as prisoner instead of killing them. Also, in Document 5, it shows a picture of Mongols shooting arrows into someone tied up, while more

As mentioned before, the Mongols caused a lot of damage and destruction. The Mongols spread rapidly and conquered many areas. They would fight relentlessly and claim lands and make that area theirs. They were basically terrorist, and in many places like Nishapur (In Persia), they have conquered, destroyed, killed and claimed that land. “They then drove all the survivors, men and women, out onto the plain; and ... it was commanded that the town should be laid waste in such a manner that the site could be ploughed upon; and that ... not even cats and dogs should be left alive....” (Document 4). Not only Nishapur but many as well as places like Riazan or Kozelsk which has been completely wiped out and not a lot or none survived it.

During the 13th and 14th century, a nomadic group known as the Mongols succeeded in vanquishing land from Vietnam to Syria and Korea to Poland. The rise of Genghis Khan brought on the conquest of Northern China and Ancient Persia. His son, Ogedei, superseded Genghis after his death. Ogedei was able to gain power of Russia and Eastern Europe after ten years of fighting. After the death of Ogedei in 1242, Genghis’ grandson, Mongke reigned. The large military conquered the Middle East, expanding the Mongol empire yet again. It comes as a surprise that the Mongol’s maintained such a large empire for around 162 years. The Mongol’s were able to gain and perpetuate power owing to their reputation of terrorization, commerce and ruthless military strategy.

Although harsh conquers, the Mongols were peaceful rulers. The areas they invaded were often too greatly destroyed, and no longer suitable for resettlement because of the destruction their armies created. However the Mongols were extremely tolerant rulers, and hardly ever imposed their own beliefs and customs on those they conquered. Their simple, nomadic lifestyles meant they probably had fewer customs that didn’t even fit the lives of the settled people they ruled. Often times, Mongol rulers would even adopt aspects of the cultures of the people they ruled, for example the Ilkhan and Golden Horde converted to Muslim. Still, this led to increasing cultural differences that caused the empire to

The Mongol empire was the largest empire in history. It was founded by the great Genghis Khan who took over the empire and brought it to its heights of being the strongest, most fearsome, largest, and the most powerful empire in all of Southeast Asia. The Mongol empire changed the world as we know it today. Genghis Khan was the reason why the Mongol empire was so great. The Mongols opened the door for the trade, taking over new nations while having an impact on history as we know it today. The Mongol empire had a population of at least 100 million people, which is an outrageous amount of people for one empire. Genghis Khan original name was Temüjin. Born in Mongolia in 1162, Temüjin was born in a harsh environment. His father died and he was forced to live in a bad area with other family members. Temujin was also born with a blood clot in his hand. At the age of 14, he killed his half-brother to make sure that he had the most power in the household. “but this killing was deemed of such important to Temujin’s life that it was recorded in detail” (Weatherford Modern World pg 24). At the age of 16, He married his wife Borte and they went on to have 4 sons. At the age of 20, he slowly begins to gain power and ultimately lead to the rise of the most powerful Empire the Mongols. Genghis Khan’s early success led him to become the most powerful and successful man in the Mongol empire as a leader with a very strong and brilliant military. Given Genghis Khan’s outstanding military

The Expansion of an Empire does not appear to be the place in which you generate trade or Cross-cultural relations. Instead, a bloody and merciless conquest against the perceived enemies of the state in order to grab land seems a more fitting image. Although this did play its part in the Mongols expansion, it was a means to an end. The ideal of Supporting trade and Cross-cultural relations is clearly evident within the Mongol Empires conquests. One of the Key actions enacted is Discussed in secondary source (source 9, Pg. 384) The Downgrading and Transfer of a large portion of the established Eurasian hierarchy was the result of the destructive Conquests enact by the Mongols. By removing these Eurasian Elites, the Mongol empire had in effect

The Mongols were excellent in learning from obstacles, doing without, and making the best out of what was given with them. Their ingenious thought process led to them being one of the most successful empires of all time. Unlike no other empire of their time, their war-like way of life is what brought them to the top and is what they’ve left in history. The Mongolian empire was successful due to their vast understanding of characteristics needed in an empire, dealing with environmental setbacks, and makeshift

Making a short comparison between the King William (chapter 9) to the Mongols conquest (Chapter 11), I can notice the difference in their governance approach. The King William’s approach was dictatorial, he “needed to impose his will on his new subjects” (Page 210), while the Mongol had a kind of democratic approach. They adapted “the tradition of their subjects to their own purposes” (Page 269).

According to background essay on the Mongols “The Mongols were a small tribe during the 13th century. They were from the grasslands of Central Asia and conquered much of the known world.” They also said that “They operate from the backs of horses and sometimes use siege weapons. The essay also explained how the Mongols were one of the several nomadic peoples who competed with one another for pasture land and livestock. They also had no metal working, no written language, and no permanent homes. The Mongols also were first led by Genghis Khan and did not have a good reputation. The Mongols may have been successful but it was do to mostly negative examples and information. The Mongols were although positive in a way. For example their Yam System, to make them go faster and farther. However, this example and many other positive examples are ways for the Mongols to fight better and kill more people. The Mongols were barbaric because they were brutal and ruthless.