Genghis Khan Dbq

Genghis Khan was, and still is one of the most influential leaders in history. His entire empire, at it’s largest size spanned from modern day Poland to modern day Vietnam. Also, at it’s peak in size, it was between 11 and 12 million square miles and was more than half of the size of Africa. Thousands, and possibly even millions of people died due to the many invasions of tribes, cities, and numerous towns across all of the known world at the time. He used intimidation to win battles he never even participated in. After slaughtering almost everyone in a town, he and his men would send a few people to go and tell other groups of people of what happened; this caused Genghis Khan to gain a lot of land and territory without having to do anything. …show more content…
It was called this because over time, the conquests that Genghis Khan made, connected the major trade cities and centers of China and Europe. There was a legal code that the empire followed, and it was known as Yassa. The code was created by Genghis Khan himself, and it was primarily based off of the common law of mongolia, but also had edicts that didn’t allow any adultery, blood feuds, bearing false witness, theft, and other such things. There were also many laws that were focused on the environment and the military, such as not being allowed to bathe in any streams or rivers, and that in the military you are required to pick up anything that the soldier in front of you dropped. If anybody didn’t comply with these rules, it was most likely punishable by death. There were tax exemptions for many religious figures and some military leaders. There was also a degree that was focused on religious …show more content…
Many of the tanguts that were a part of the Xi Xia Dynasty went against Genghis Khan’s orders to give soldiers to the army during the time when he was taking over the Khwarizm Dynasty. Genghis Khan quickly and relentlessly took over numerous Tangut cities, which led him to conquer the capital city of Ning Hia. After this, it gave no choice but for the Tangut officials to surrender to Khan, ending the revolt against him. Genghis Khan was still not satisfied with the end result of the conquering of the Tanguts, so he ordered the imperial family to all be executed. This therefore ended the Tangut family line. Genghis Khan ended up dying in 1227. We still don’t know what the exact cause of his death was, but some historians think that he may have fallen off of a horse while he was on a hunt. Other historians think that he died from a possible respiratory disease. All we know at this point is that he