Asian Steppe Mongol Analysis

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Did The Mongols Have A Negative Or Positive Impact?
The Mongolians of the Asian Steppe had a negative impact on the world during their rule of the Asian continent from 1206 to 1368 by influencing cruel deaths, spread of disease, and the destruction of land. Genghis Khan was a very successful man but his journey to success in my opinion as not the best way to go.
One reason that this was a negative impact was because of the death toll. The death toll added to millions of lives being lost. According to Document 4, the total lives that the Mongolians took were approximately 6,107,000 people. That’s roughly 3 million less than the population of Michigan. They not only slaughtered men, women, and children, but they also slaughtered pets such as

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