How Did The Mongols Cause Death And Destruction

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The Mongols caused death and destruction to whatever came its way. These Barbarians captured land and killed everything in sight in the 13th century. Barbarians is a word to describe a negative meaning, referring to people who were savage and evil. This meaning is what the
Mongols portrayed through their actions of mass destruction.
The Mongols started off by being nomadic people, but a leader arised. A boy named Temuchin brought to bring the Mongols to a lead, and to grow larger. He soon sent an army of 20,000 to
Chinese cities killing everything they saw and to submit or die.(Background Essay) “Slaughter was so great that the streets of the Chinese capital were greasy with human fat and flesh.”
These acts show the barbaric, inhumane side

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