Mongol Empire Research Paper

The Mongol Empire stretched from the Sea of Japan to the Carpathian Mountains at its height, making it the largest contiguous empire in history. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, and at its height, encompassed the majority of territories from southeast Asia to central Europe. An empire arose in the steppes of Mongolia in the thirteenth century that forever changed the map of the world, opened intercontinental trade, spawned new nations, changed the course of leadership in two religions, and impacted history indirectly in a myriad of other ways. At its height, the Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in history, stretching from the Sea of Japan to the Carpathian Mountains. Although its impact on Eurasia during …show more content…
Fundamentally, the Mongols were nomadic and the Chinese and Russians sedentary. The Mongolian pastoral nomads relied on their animals for survival and moved their habitat several times a year in search of water and grass for their herds. Led by Genghis Khan and motivated by very real economic means, the Mongols established the largest land empire ever known. China lies just to the south of Mongolia, and was ruled directly ruled by the Mongols. By great contrast, Russia was a cold, more resource poor area that was ruled by a number of independent princes. The Mongols did not rule them directly but rather, upon defeated them, let them be so long as they remained under Mongol control and paid taxes to the Mongols. The Mongols allowed them to continue to practice Christianity and let the princes maintain rulership in most respects. In China, the Mongols defeated the imperial armies and established themselves as direct rules. Civil service examinations became less important as Mongol rules taxed the people heavily. The Mongols exerted much more influence over Chinese sovereignty, culture, and politics than Russian sovereignty, culture and …show more content…
The Mongols had absolute rule over Russia and China but allowed the people freedom in religion. The Mongols took over Russia and destroyed their two economic centers and started another one in Moscow. In China, Kublai Khan ruled most of the land. Since the mongols were nomadic and militarily based, they did not imprint any standard form of government on either China or Russia. The impression left by Mongol rule can still be seen today in China and Russia. China continued to have a centralized government like they had under the rule of Kublai Khan, but Russia proceeded differently with almost a similar form of government from the czar but had a multi-party form of government with the help of