Genghis Khan Influence

Genghis Khan, Temüjin, is debatably the most influential and fierce military leader in history. Genghis Khan or universal ruler conquered all of Asia and much of Europe or one fourth of the world 's landmass in under a thirty year period the same landmass as rome only it took them four hundred years. He is also responsible for the deaths of an estimated almost 40 million people(Crash Course Mongols). For such a powerful leader the question is how could he possibly conquered this much land and killed on average thirty-seven hundred people a day for thirty years while still running the land he conquered. In short, with the use of advanced strategic military planning and technological innovation that war provided gave him the edge he needed in …show more content…
In 1206 he was give the title of Genghis Khan or “Great Khan” by a group of the Mongols nobility called the Khuriltai . He ruled his empire with great success because of two main revolutionary things. He gave people rank based on what they did and not based on what family they were from and invited peasants into his own tribe taking took money from the rich to give it to the lower class. Both of these reasons made people accept him as their leader (Crash Course Mongols). When Genghis conquered a new group he would give them everything from a new system of government to religious freedom. He understood other cultures and in turn did not force his religion on his subjects. For those peoples that did not have a government Genghis even supplied them with that. He ruled over them with a council which was made up of representatives from the tribes he conquered. The point of the council was to make decisions and laws for his empire (Jstor Democratic Genghis Khan). Also the people on the council were chosen based on what they could do not just on their social standing which helped to create equal opportunities for his population. Furthermore, His trade routes and communication were protected completely. His empire was known for fast communication with a system of resting areas with fresh horses for messengers to switch quickly and go on there way. He also allowed for his people to move freely and safely throughout the empire which was also heavily protected to keep the crime rate down (Field Museum Gifts of Government and Crash Course Mongols). Whenever he came to a new place he introduced the mongol way of writing to the people and literacy began to become common place which lead to more accurate record keeping within the empire (Field Museum Gifts of Government). Genghis was also known for his legal code called Jasagh which included a moral code for his people as well as punishments for breaking