The Mongols And The Mongols

The Mongols used brutal tactics and strategies to gain their territory. Throughout the reign of terror they prompted, the Mongols were anything but judicious when invading cities. While conquering Persia, an account from Juvaini, a Persian chronicler wrote, “The Mongols now descended from the walls and began to slay and plunder… not even cats and dogs should be left alive” (Document 4). In the written entry, he speaks to the panic that was inflicted during this dire event. Another piece of this entry states that the Mongols “severed the heads of the slain from their bodies and heaped them up in piles” (Document 4). The fact that they severed heads from the corpses is despicable. Another account on the Mongols brutal war tactics was by John of Plano Carpini,

The next topic in a few of the documents(4,8, and 9) directly relate to the previous paragraph. The warfare techniques used by the Mongolians and devised by the Khans and the commanders. In doc.4 Juvaini, a former historian for the Mongols and later governor of Baghdad, wrote about how the army was arranged. It is arranged in such a manner that there are groups of ten with one of them being commander of the other nine. Ten groups of ten equal a larger squad with one of the hundred being the leader. Then 1,000 and the last rank 10,000 is called a tümen. Documents 8 and 9 are simply a letter from the Pope Innocent IV to Genghis Khan and a reply. The Pope basically saying that he has invaded many countries and does not spare anyone. His reply is to use Eternal Heaven as his excuse for killing. These two documents show that Genghis Khan was infamous and believed in a God, making him religious. He is like the Islamic people that fight for Allah. Pope Innocent IV believes that Genghis Khan is being irrational with all his killings and rages because he does not spare anyone. He is a reliable source due to his being a Pope and how influential a Pope is.

If all else failed, they even had back up techniques. If needed, they would take all the fat off of the people they had already massacred, burn it, and start to catapult it into peoples homes. (document three) They also killed people in mass amounts, ranging anywhere from 30,000 people to 2,000,000 people at a time. No civilized people would kill in such a bestial manner. Once killed, in a lot of situations, the Mongol soldiers cut off the heads of the deceased and piled them up, men, women, and children. They wanted the land so that there was no life at all. Not even in animals. (document four)

In this trial we witnessed how the Mongol empire affected the lives of people in Eurasia. As a jury member of the trail of Genghis Khan, I have decided that the mongols were civilized due to the religious tolerance, advancements and stimulation of trade.

The Mongols were a group of people who conquered lands and impacted a large part of the world. Although the Mongols were known for their cruel tactics of conquering, they ended up benefiting as much as they killed. The Mongols had a skillful army, but they influenced greater goods as they conquered. The Mongols were a nomadic group, who relied greatly on their animals and their trade for survival. Shortage of their animals and their trade could be significantly detrimental to their survival.

First, the Mongols are civilized due to their military organization. They were organized first by rankings. There was a captain for every 10

Throughout the Mongol’s many conquests, it is obvious the great amount of destruction and violence taken upon on these. As explained

Also, while conquering this abundance of land, the Mongols did kill much people. This was look upon as ruthless and unpeaceful. But, what people don't know is that after the

Four Khanates, the Silk Road, bodies of water, mountains, and many more. What is not there? The Mongols had access to everything. Although, people believe they were destructive demons because they the death of 30 million people,

The “Mongol” people started out as separated factions that were no more than a few hundred men. There were bitter rivalries and animosity between tribes and long power struggle for control of the Steppe. However it was not to stay this way for long. Born in 1162, Temujin, or more formally known as Genghis Khan was summoned upon this earth. From an early age he was destined to become something special. As all boys at this time, he was groomed to learn how to fight, kill, and defend his tribe from other castes. You would assume that Genghis would have had a deep-rooted hatred towards the other nomads. However Temujin saw these nomadic people of the Steepes and he knew he could unite them. “In reality, however, the tribe was a rather ‘open’ institution, its membership created more by shared political interests than by descent from a common ancestor. It is the only way that is possible to explain the fact that Chingiz Khan was able to organize the nomads of Central Asia.” (Morgan, 2007) His ability to coordinate and manage these nomad’s was only the

In reality, the Mongol Empire faced many difficulties and tribulations through the years. The nomadic tribes that formed the Mongol Empire initially “raised ponies, sheep, camels, oxen, and goats… every Mongol man was a soldier,” (Davis 2000). Life was not easy for the tribesmen or their families. Civilization allows for the creation of a successful farm with a click of a button- the Mongol Empire struggled to survive, and in these ways, the history of the empire and the game Civilization differed

Communication is vital when you are control of a large area. The Mongols didn’t have modern technology to keep up on things going on in different parts of the Mongol Empire, so they had to come up with alternative ways to keep in constant contact.

During the 13th and 14th centuries there existed the largest contiguous land empire in world history. This was the Mongol Empire, ruled by the military mastermind Genghis Khan and his succession of family members. The Mongol army, consisting of only 30,000 core horsemen and a fluctuating number of footsoldiers, were the most feared warriors at that time and some of the most feared ever. A historian from Columbia states on page 18 of the reader that the

To be a successful empire, a knowledge of the environments and society that are being contacted is very important. The Mongol Empire deals with the connection and interaction of the earth’s physical and human systems. It deals with the consequences of the interactions between human and physical systems, and it knows and understands the changes in meaning, distribution, and importance of resources. The fact that the Mongol Empire originates from the steppes of Mongolia is why these standards apply. The empire has to change itself when it enters into different regions that it is not familiar with.

Restrictions from both Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire itself muddled with furtiveness from the Soviet Union made information gathering difficult. Genghis Khan would not allow portraits of himself to be made during his lifetime, causing many interpretations concerning his appearance. The warriors guarding Genghis Khan's burial did not allow for trespassing, further contributing to a lack of information. The previous statement is supported in the following sentence by Weatherford: "After the secret burial in [Khan's] homeland, soldiers sealed off the entire area for several hundred square miles." The Soviet Union also played a part in the mystery concerning Genghis Khan and his demise. The use of strategic discourse continued to delay the gathering of information about the Mongol Empire and Genghis Khan. Weatherford shows the secrecy in the following quote: " The Soviets further sealed it off by surrounding one million hectares of the Highly Restricted Area..." Mongol loyalty to secrecy also restricted the gathering of information until