Yuan Dynasty

Mongols conquered most of the known world, they also helped to improve the lives of those they conquered making significant contributions to the political institutions, economic development, and cultural diversity of many lands. In China the (Mongol) Yuan emperors built canals to improve transportation and communication.(Doc J) Barbarians are frowned upon as uneducated people. It is unjust to describe the Mongols as barbaric because they made Asia more civilized and advanced . The Great Khan also developed

“In the 13th century CE the Mongols created the largest connected landmass empire in the history of the world”. Mongols are the people of Mongolia who are referred to as barbaric. Barbarians are people who are evil or savage. The Mongols were far from barbaric. The Mongols were very powerful for hundreds of years. They had powerful and effective military strategies. For example “Other columns of stronger men they dispatch far off to the right and left so they are not seen by the enemy and in this

Early Life Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice Italy to a wealthy Merchant family. Since his father traveled a lot and his mother died when he was very young much of Marco’s childhood he was parentless left to be raised by an extended family. Marco Polo’s father Niccolo Polo and Uncle Maffeo Polo were very successful Jewel Merchants with an interest in Constantinople and in Sudak, which was a Venetian colony off the coast of the Crimea. The Polo brother’s travels led them to Asia for most of Marco’s

Knowing who you are is always helpful. It helps you know your history and family. Nowadays, kids do not want to know their history and ancestry because they do not really care about it. Me for example,before this capstone project, I would never tried to find out what is my ancestry is. I knew that I am Asian and from Tajikistan that all. My grandmother is historian and of course she knows our ancestry better than me. She told me couple of interesting story that I did not know before. Therefore,

Feared throughout all of eastern Asia for many decades, the legendary samurai warriors had both deadly skills on the battlefield as well as a mindful and intellectual way of living which made them an empire to be reckoned with. This revered group of people first made an appearance in 794, and from there they slowly began to gain power and rose to dominance. Although they eventually came to be one of the most powerful armies in the eastern world, the Samurai originated as armed guards of landowners

Marco Polo Marco Polo was born around 1254 in Venice wich is a city in Italy . He was born into an affluent and cosmopolitan Venetian merchant family. He learned arithmetic and bookkeeping and studied the classical authors. Also, he had knowledge of Italian and French. Marco Polo's father name is Niccolò and uncle name is Maffeo, were jewel merchants. In 1260, They set out on their first trip to the Far East, When Marco Polo was six years old, In 1265 arrived at the court of Kublai Khan ,the Mongol

Around 1200-1360 B.C in what is now Present day Mongolia lived the Nomads of the Asian Steppe. Among these Nomads lived the Great Genghis Khan, one of the World’s most famous and fiercest Leaders of all time. In the legend of Temujin's birth, he was born with a blood clot in his fist as a sign from the Gods saying that he was going to be a fierce leader. The Mongol Empire had a major Positive impact on History and their people, including the Large rule of the Mongols, the Pax Mongolica, and lastly

diplomats to retrieve him. The leader of the Khwarizm Dynasty refused this demand and sent Khans diplomats head back to him.This made Genghis very angry and he personally took control of planning a three prong attack of 200,000 mongol soldiers against the Khwarizm Dynasty. The Mongols fury was unstoppable, slaughtering thousands and using prisoners as human shields when they attacked the next city this all began in 1219 and by 1221 the Khwarizm Dynasty was no

over 9 million square miles making it the largest empire the world had ever seen. In 1227 when Genghis khan dies of illness, his son Ogedei takes power and tries to expand the Mongolian empire throughout china, he successfully eliminated the chin dynasty only to die 7 years later. After the death of Ogedei his son Guyuk becomes emperor and tried to wage war on his cousin Batu but is killing in the battle. Now Genghis Khans grandchildren are fighting over who shall rule now that there is no emperor

Genghis Khan was a great warrior and leader of the mongols. He is known to have created the largest empire in history. Genghis Khan was born in Deluun Boldog, Mongolia on the14th of November, 1162. His original name was Temujin and it means ‘of iron’ and he was born holding a blood clot in his hand which is a sign he would be a leader. His childhood was violent and unpredictable. Temujin was the eldest out of his siblings and he had five brothers and one sister. When Temujin was 9, his father went