The Mongols Guilty: The Trial Of Genghis Khan

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.

Positively, the Mongols were great conquerors and they respected each other, negatively, they brutally harmed people and valuables in the process. Charles J. Halperin wonderfully stated, “The Mongol Empire made significant contributions to the political institutions, economic development, and cultural diversity of many lands. No history of the Mongol Empire dwells only on Mongol destruction, can be satisfactory” (Doc 6). The history of the Mongols can’t only be about the negativity that they caused to society as the Mongols had a more positive impact rather than a negative impact. The Mongols created a vast empire throughout Eurasia, but it wasn’t worth killing over 5 million people in the process. In the end, as a result of the vast empire, they weren’t able to control it. Eventually, the Mongol empire and became a part of the society in the area and vanished

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.

Yes, they killed millions, but if those killed had surrendered they would be treated fairly. When you have an incredibly strong force that you know you are going to lose to, surrender. The Mongols were known for ruling fairly after conquering so there were two choices. Get completely slaughtered or give up just a tad bit of freedom to prevent the inevitable grotesque bloodbath that would come if there was refusal. If the Mongols didn’t exist, then many of us would not even be here to respond to this topic. If one little thing changes in the past, the whole future is altered. The Mongols also helped facilitate massive amounts of trade through the Silk Roads. They brought back sailors on the Indian Ocean to the new-and-improved Silk Roads. The Mongols had taken over so much land that the Silk Roads disappeared into it. They controlled the trade route and granted much safer passage for those who preferred trading luxury items rather than bulk.

The prosecution also had a good point on the mongolian viciousness and unrelenting destruction of cities and the murder of the innocent civilians does play a role the mongols being uncivilized. But many other empires such as the Roman empire killed many but were classified as civilized. After this long and hard fought trail I have decided in favor of the

The Mongols were very harsh and brutal like no one else in their era but I believe that they are not barbarians. The Mongols had a strong dominating military that was almost always successful, they contributed to many of the ideas that are still around today, and made a very stern set of laws that kept their community civilized which is why I believe that the Mongols were not barbarians.

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More than 800 years ago, a small tribe known as the Mongols conquered a large portion of the world, including the Middle east, Asia, and Eastern Europe. In this period, they took numerous lives in the process in incredibly gruesome and disturbing ways, as their way of showing power. It is undeniable that these ways were violent, but was this violence justifiable? Was the reason why the Mongols slaughtered this many people good enough to the point that all of the deaths were excused? The violence and death the Mongols inflicted upon the world was in no way, shape, or form justifiable.

How Barbaric were the “Barbarians”? Eight hundred years ago, during the 13th century, a small tribe named the mongols began to conquer. They were called barbarians by most of the world which is a negative term which meant evil and savage. The mongols had their “brutal” side but also was know for some good things but once side by side you can easily say that they were barbaric. The mongols were the most barbaric civilization due to what they did to their very own people, also how they dealt with their enemies and how crucial their laws were.

Since the culture of Mongols spread readers can now see they were not as barbaric as most would

Everybody knows that the Mongols were not pleasant people and that they had a reputation of being vicious murderers, but were they really that bad? There is certainly a lot of evidence that would prove that they were barbarians. The mongols weren’t really that big of a problem until Genghis Khan came into the picture. He organized the Mongols into an army, a very powerful one at that. He wanted to conquer and get land.

For example”...The Mongols now descended from walls and began to slay and plunder...They then drove all the survivors,men women, out onto the plain; and...it was commanded that the town should be laid waste in such a manner that the site be ploughed upon; and that...not even cats and dogs should be left alive”(doc 4). I strongly disagree that this act is barbaric. I feel that this image is less than or equal to our country's own actions. When we stole land from the Native Americans and forced them out of their homes, and no one said that our actions were barbaric. Our country also stole millions of people from their homes in Africa gains their will and forced them into slavery, Mongols also conquered land but they made an effort to try to blend in with those whom they conquered. Therefore, I think Mongols were not

The Mongols soon had complete control over the city, and started taxing the people far beyond what they were ever able to pay. Soon enough, the Mongols gave up and set the city to fire, beginning the Dark Age of Russia. Nico, who played Kublai Khan was the most compelling witness on the side of the defense. He explained that the Mongols civilization was a direct reflection of Genghis, and that the modern world would not be the same today if it were not for the civilized affects he had made. Genghis Khan created a messenger system that was one of a kind, that made spreading information more convenient, as well as opening the trade routes again. Genghis may have been ruthless and unnecessary during battle, but there is no such thing as a civilized war, regardless of the leader. A great army makes a great nation, and that's exactly the case that the defense supported. The only reason I believe that Genghis Khan was civilized was because how he led and conquered was socially acceptable for the time being. His military tactics were unnecessary and excessive (such as lighting cats on fire), but any great ruler in his time had to be if they wanted to

During the Mongol era, scarcity, lack of necessities such as communication, gender roles and barriers, and Climate effect are all problems. In the book, The Secret History Of The Mongols translated by Urgunge Oron all of these problems may be seen, and of course many other books on Mongols will show the same. This paper will argue that during the Mongolian period scarcity was the greatest problem since scarcity cause the Mongolians to do extreme things like giving up priorities, scavenging for leftovers, and even killing others all.

The Mongols were first off very brutal people whose only focuses were to kill people to get what they wanted, land. One reason why the Mongols were so brutal was because their brutal leaders who told them what to do and go for. According to the background essay on the Mongols “Numerous chinese cities fell, including where Mongol slaughter was so great the streets were said to be greasy with flesh.” This was all done under the leadership of Genghis Khan who launched this army. Therefore, Khan led this army