prosecution/defense were the Balkh shopkeeper and Mstislav. During the trial, while the prosecution team questioned him, the shopkeeper provided a decent testimony. He informed the Jury and audience of the brutality of the Mongols by having an excellent array of details when explaining how the Mongols separated the useful from the non-useful and killing them all. By questioning why the Mongols found the need to destroy the trade by brutally killing everyone he successfully helped in proving that the Mongols were
The Mongols and Their Effect on China Throughout history, there have been many empires that have shaped the outcome of all life on this world that we live on. Some of the greatest empires in the world, the Roman Empire, the greatest militaristic regime in history, or perhaps we can look towards northern Europe and the British Empire, those who had the capability to control the greatest amount of land mass in history. However there is one thing that even those famed Brits never accomplished. Something
1200CE-1500CE, the Mongol Empire affected Eurasia through facilitating trade, exchanging money, collecting tribute, spreading the plague, diffusing technology, eradicating bandits on trade networks, and attacking the city of Caffa along with their influence on the acceleration of the Black Death plague. Insert Contextualization paragraph about Aztecs, Incas in the Americas One major effect of Mongol expansion on Eurasia was the Mongols’ Facilitation of Trade. This effect is similar to how the Mongols collected
Specifically, the Mongol Empire located in the steppes of Central Asia. The Mongol Empire was started by Genghis Khan who was part of a nomadic clan. Khan used his position as leader of the clan to unite all the clans in the area to create a very powerful army, which he then used to expand further and conquer empires such as China, Russia, the Middle East, and and the city of Baghdad creating the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire controlled the most land of any empire. As the Mongol Empire conquered
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. Mongolian conquests
Positive Effect of the Mongol Empire on the World The Mongols are a group of people that live north of present day China, in the Asian Steppe. Although Mongolia is a pretty irrelevant nation now, Mongolia has had a huge impact on the world over the course of history. The Mongols once controlled the largest connected empire in history. The Mongols were able to craft their empire in a small amount of time, for it seemed that the Mongols’ only purpose was to destroy and conquer. The Mongols were cruel
1....unique because the Mongols did not necessarily need to expand their territories as much as they did. The Mongols were experienced nomads; with few geographic or climactic "push" factors to drive them out of their central Asian formative homelands. Success in conquest became a significant push factor, driving the increasingly powerful Hordes under Chinggis Khan toward new territories. The pull factors for Mongol imperialism were therefore directly related to the push factors. As the empire grew
Creating Your Arguments The Mongols undeniably killed millions of people in their conquest of foreign lands: historians debate exactly how many, but there is no doubt that the Mongol invasion was a tragedy of epic proportions for those in their path. However, when we look beyond the initial conquest, we need to ask, “what were the long-term effects of the Mongol empire”? When we do, we see a lot of positive effects that left the lands they occupied permanently changed, and in many ways for the better
December 2017 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Essay Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World provides a refreshing and insightful perspective on the Mongol Empire and their impact on history. Weatherford ardently dispels stereotypes often associated with Genghis Khan and the Mongols while highlighting their significant achievements that immensely induced them and the modern world. As Weatherford explained the history of Temujin, I found myself admiring how he overcame
The Mongol conquests and campaigns of the thirteenth century markeddid indeed mark an important break in Eurasian History as they brought the the Eurasian world together as never before. The Mongols were a mixture of forest and prairie people that lived by hunting and livestock herding. As skilled archers and deadly warriors they expanded their empire to stretch across northern and central Asia conquering territories much larger than their own. This unleashed a chain of events that would leave an