Essay Assignment 9 The Mongols were a military machine that conquered many different areas and people. With the Mongol’s primary purpose for going after conquest being land‚ riches‚ and slaves they spread geographically far‚ this was only possible because of their successes. I will tell you my opinion on whether they left a lasting impact. First‚ let’s discuss their empire. The Mongol empire extended into north China and into Europe. There they took control of Moscow‚ Kievan Russia‚ and they looted
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Megan LeBarron Orvin 4A Global Studies 28 January 2015 Mongols DBQ Over time the Mongolian army has become synonymous with the term barbarian. The definition of barbaric is unsophisticated‚ primitive‚ and savagely cruel. These terms do not give the Mongols enough credit. I believe that they were not completely barbaric though they did have some brutal techniques. They were advanced strategists for their time period. The Mongolian army was run with a strict command and heavy emphasis was placed
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of the Mongol empire‚ but mainly the size of empire was too large for one person to rule‚ they weren’t able to maintain religious traditions‚ and fighting in war was difficult. The Mongol Empire once stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean sea and had many different religions and civilizations. The substantial size of the empire alone was enough to cause rulers difficulty in controlling the citizens. From 1162-1227‚ the Mongol was at it’s height‚ but from 1769-1821‚ the Mongol had decreased
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military superiority. Together with the superior quality of each of its individual soldiers in terms of discipline‚ weapons and combat skills‚ the Mongolian army was able to take on larger and more disciplined armies from larger civilizations. The Mongols are basically nomads‚ roaming the steppe-desert world and moving from oasis to oasis. They rely heavily on their horses and
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The Mongols‚ the Crusades‚ and the age of exploration the world majorly with new technology advances‚ affecting biology‚ and also affecting trade. The Mongols had new and inventive weapons that no one in the world had seen before. They had also affected the genepool. Mongols had the largest empire in history‚ and no empire shall be as big and as glorious as this empire was. The Crusades brought new technology to life when they decided to take ideas from the Moslems more advanced technology. The disease
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How “barbaric” were the Mongols? Although taking a harsher approach to conquering China‚ the Mongols’ barbarity does not compare to the impact they have made improving the country. The leader of the Mongols‚ Genghis Khan‚ had only one objective to bring the Mongol clans of the region under one leadership. Years later‚ his grandson‚ Kubilai Khan‚ maintained ties with other khanates achieving security across much of Asia. This period is called pax Mongolica or “the Mongolian peace.” Kubilai expanded
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Hist 291 Spring Term Did the Mongols Create a More Diverse Islamic Identity? The historical relationship between the Mongols and Islam can be described as ambivalent. Historians have traditionally viewed the Mongolian invasion of the Khwarazmia and the Abbasid Caliphate as destructive to the Islamic identity‚ because Islamic world-empires suffered a loss of political power‚ economic wealth‚ and human life; and the destruction of Baghdad resulted in the loss of Islamic multicultural and
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West African Sudanic Empire and Mongols were similar because they both had great centers of trade‚ such as Timbuktu and the Silk Road‚ and had a flourishing economy‚ the Sudanic Empire was greatly influenced by Islam whereas the Mongols accepted many different faiths and the Mongol Empire rose though war and conquest through violence‚ while the Sudanic Empire rose through more peaceful strategies. The Mongols and the Sudanic empires both had successful economies. The Mongols conquered China in 1220
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Throughout history‚ the nomadic Mongols has been known to be one of the most brutal and vicious civilizations to occupy the face of the Earth. But though have been known to be a cruel group of people‚ they have shaped many civilizations and aided in the advancements of science and technology. This is evident in regions such as China and Russia. They are both affected similarly where the Mongols impacted them to increase their activeness in trade. Another constant is that both of China’s and Russia
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How did power and trade lead to rise and fall of empires? For a long period of time‚ there were a lot of empires in the world. While they were in the rise and fall‚ their legacies were remained and influenced other countries‚ even other continents as well. The most effective factors of rise and fall of empires are power and trade. They can be both internal and external. The empires that I chose as examples are Han dynasty and Mongol empire. Han dynasty‚ which started in 206 BCE and ended in 220
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