Compare And Contrast Mongol Empire And European Empires
After the military venture of the Crusade in the early 13th century, Europe decided to get herself more involved in the world system. At the same time, on the East, the massive Mongol Empire was under the leadership of Chinggis Khan. The empire grew rapidly and descendants were sent invasions in all directions. With the Mongol’s developed technologies, various ideologies and commodities were dispersed and exchanged all over Eurasia. The East and the West both have strong cores. European powers in the West and Mongols in the East. These two powerhouses share no cultural uniformity. Europe’s ignorance of the Mongols productions was quite prominent at the time, so why did the multipolar world systems work for Europe and the Mongol Empire during the 13th and early-14th century? Europe and the Mongol Empire were still politically and economically developing. At that time, both do
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Europe became the only core power, which ended the multipolar world systems. Based on Dunn’s Theory of Systematic Change, the Europeans did not construct a new system, but instead they build a new system off of earlier systems (Dunn, pg. 368). The multipolar world systems is a stepping stone to a more hegemonic sequence based system. The multipolar world system allows a state to stabilize and develops itself, but once all connections are broken, the system would collapsed. When one of them collapsed and another rose to the level of hegemon, the system needs to be reconstructed. When the Mongols collapsed, Europe became a core power without the act of intervention. Although the multipolar world system lasted for a short period of time, it allowed these two regions to flourish and stabilize itself. Because of this system, these two major powers have more incentive and opportunity for cooperation. The growth of long distance trade is one of the external factors that contributed to the transition toward capitalism later
Europe became the only core power, which ended the multipolar world systems. Based on Dunn’s Theory of Systematic Change, the Europeans did not construct a new system, but instead they build a new system off of earlier systems (Dunn, pg. 368). The multipolar world systems is a stepping stone to a more hegemonic sequence based system. The multipolar world system allows a state to stabilize and develops itself, but once all connections are broken, the system would collapsed. When one of them collapsed and another rose to the level of hegemon, the system needs to be reconstructed. When the Mongols collapsed, Europe became a core power without the act of intervention. Although the multipolar world system lasted for a short period of time, it allowed these two regions to flourish and stabilize itself. Because of this system, these two major powers have more incentive and opportunity for cooperation. The growth of long distance trade is one of the external factors that contributed to the transition toward capitalism later