Mongol Dbq Research Paper

The Mongols had very strict laws and if someone broke these laws the punishment would be so severe that a quick execution would be considered merciful. For example, if anyone was caught committing adultery, it would be punishable by execution. After great consideration, I think that the Mongols were more culturally destructive. The Mongols did assist in benefiting cultural exchange in some ways however, the destruction far outweighs the exchange. A lot could be said about the Mongols, but they were known primarily for their brutality as conquests. The Mongols were patrons of the arts; as a result of this, they built canals in Persia. You may be thinking ‘How would that be a bad thing?’ It is not a bad thing, the Mongols weren’t all bad however, they …show more content…
a Mongol) desires a married woman, he will kill the husband and then have relations with the woman.” This means that if anyone wanted relations with a married woman, they would have to kill her husband in Mongol society. Also mentioned in Document #10 Laws And Customs, a man could have as many wives as he wants including his half sister and if his father passes away he could be married to his wife. A man in that society could quite literally get married to a new wife every day, and it would have been considered fine. The laws were so strict that no one would dare break them for if they did a quick execution would be considered merciful as a result, the people would be able to leave the doors unlocked and their stuff would be safe without them in public. Due to the server punishments, the people didn’t do anything like stealing. According to a previous lesson, the Mongols were so brutal and merciless that they would feast on their enemies while the enemies were still alive. Any enemy of the Mongols would be in excruciating pain as their entire body is crushed to death while the Mongols feast on them. In Kozelsk (Russia) there were no survivors from the invasion as mentioned in Document #4