How Did The Mongols Affect Russia

In the 13th century, by invading their territories, the Mongols caused significant political and economic impacts on China and Russia. The Chinese and Russians were agricultural peoples that didn’t move much, but the Mongols were nomadic and pastoral people. The Mongols had a lot more control in China than in Russia due to the fact that Russians were given more freedom, while the mongols intervened a lot more in terms of politics. The mongols had the same economic impacts on Russia and China. The Mongolian political influence on China was more dramatic throughout a shorter period of time, but their influence in Russia was smaller but for a longer time. The mongols had a great economic impact on China and Russia
The political impact of Mongol rule on the Chinese was far greater than in Russia. China was impacted more directly because as the Mongols grew as an empire, they defeated Chinese imperial armies and claimed themselves as rulers. Civil service examinations were banned and when they eventually returned, they were much more inferior in terms of importance. Many foreigners also began to have higher governmental positions while Chinese citizens were placed in regional levels and the …show more content…
The two nations were taxed in similar fashions, receiving high taxes periodically. For both, the mongols were able to create new long-distance trade networks that allowed for an improved transportation of technology and goods, and allowed for the spread of new beliefs. An invention that was spread due to trade routes created by the mongols was gunpowder, that spread throughout Eurasia. The new routes increased trade, provided a new and more reliable protection for merchants, and a general peace.However, a downfall of the new networks was the spread of the bubonic plague, mainly from the Mongols. China and Russia bother suffered economically due to the spread of the