Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World Essay

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World tells the history of a nomadic country that came from nearly nothing and became the World 's greatest empire, but quickly fell apart because of greed. It united under Genghis Khan or Temujin as he was originally known as, and he was born to Hoelun, the bride kidnapped from Chiledu of the Merkid tribe by the Mongols. Temujin 's childhood was traumatic and stressful as his father was poisoned when Temujin was still a child. With the loss of their political connection to the clan and the greatest asset in their family, the clan abandoned Hoelun and her family to their deaths. Though this would have ensured certain death for many others, Hoelun was resourceful and determined to keep her sons and …show more content…
However, with his death his sons and grandsons carried onward with his mission. Though, their lust endless personal gains they destroyed the chance for world domination for all Mongolian people. This differed very from the earlier Genghis Khan, as he grew up with and admired the nomadic Mongolian lifestyle. He learned to ride a horse at the age many modern children begin preschool, and lived primarily as horsemen. With this skill the Mongols easily kept their livestock headed and quickly brought down wild game. Through these two practices the Mongols sustained their livelihood of basic …show more content…
Though he had defeated his strongest Mongolian enemies, he did not destroy their followers. As he would implement throughout the world, he eliminated the formerly mentioned political and military figures, and allowed their followers to join with his. When he encountered people of different cultures and religions that willfully joined him, he allowed most everyday aspects of life to remain the same. He always eliminated the defeated heads of political power and killed off the soldiers, however, he treated the citizens that joined him with fairness and equality. Genghis Khan 's greatest weakness was that he did not spend time with his sons to implement his ideologies into them. Instead, they and their sons became consumed with the desire for personal wealth and gains. Years of constant fighting between the families of Genghis Khan quickly destroyed the bloodline and any hopes of sustaining the Mongolian empire that Genghis Khan built. Over time as the areas they previously defeated easily gained continuous military and political power, Mongolians would resort back to their nomadic and basic