The Mongols created the largest empire in all of history. The land they had conquered is more than two times that of the next greatest conqueror, Alexander the Great. But unlike Alexander, who is often remembered as a hero, the legacy of the Mongols is one of brutality and barbarism. But in truth, these so-called “barbarians” were, in fact, not very barbaric at all. Recent discoveries challenged the long-accepted statement of Mongols being savage brutes, suggesting that they were perhaps wrongly labelled; the facts about them were twisted and lost to history.…
The Mongols had a very different approach to controlling their empire…
During the 13th and 14th century world, much of the world was called Mongols “barbarian”. The reason why because in history, Mongols people were so cruel, and they traveled around Asia, Middle East, and Eastern Europe to conquer another country. Therefore people give them a name of "barbarian", but through many documents also states that the Mongols not barbarian at all because they had their own reason to do that. There are some example proved…
Both the Han dynasty and Roman empire saw the welfare of using technology to help the common people. For example, in Han China government officials gave specific instructions on how to properly establish water conservations to help the common people and save their labor. “I request that you establish water conservation offices in each district and staff them with people who are experienced in the ways of water. There should be one high official and one deputy with just enough workers to meet the need. For the area on both sides of each river select one person as chief hydraulic engineer.…
The information from this document is most likely accurate because it was written by Marco Polo, who was exploring for Europe, which meant when he reported back to the Europe with his finds, he had to be truthful. (Doc 8) The Mongols showed religious tolerance and believed that men…
When someone commits adultery in Mongol territory they are executed whether or not they have previous convictions{Document 10}. Instead of committing adultery the Mongols influenced you to kill the husband of a woman who was already married. The Mongols believed that the ratio of The Mongolian warrior to their opposing army should be 10 to 1{Document 2}. If The Mongols were in battle and one or two of the group of ten runaway then they are put to death. All and all of The Mongols had a barbaric way of running their…
Contrary to popular belief, the Mongols were a civilized and sophisticated empire with a beneficial influence on Eurasia through implementing strict law and order, accepting different religions, and developing new innovations. The success of the empire was credited to their strict law and order. For instance, pack animals “could be left unattended because of the severity of (Mongol) laws against theft” (Document 7) including consequences such as, “being burned alive upside-down” (Document 5). This displays how fear allowed for low crime rates, protecting travelers and allowing them prosper in trade. In addition, the Mongols conquered cultures with the belief that “karma” was the consequences to one’s actions.…
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…
On Saturday night, all of the walls were covered by mongols and they descended from the walls and began to slay and ponder. In the document it says “They severed the heads of the slain from their bodies and heaped them up in piles, keeping those of the men separate from those of the women and children.” There is a chart that shows how many people died and what year they died in. The most people that died were in 1258 Baghdad in Persia. 800,000 - 2,000,000 were the deaths that were reported.…
They killed everyone in towns, and razed and sacked as they went along, decimating anyone who dared try and oppose them. Take the battle at the Kalka river for example; in the year 1222, the Mongols crossed the Caucasus mountains to the Turkish Cuman territory, and after the Cumans, who were allied with the Russians numbering about 80,000 men, murdered the Mongol peace envoy, Genghis and his army or 40,00 utterly annihilated the Russian backed Cumans. Genghis’ utter disregard for human life, and his cunning and zeal as a military commander was just beginning to…
DBQ: How Barbaric were the "Barbarians"? Although Mongols were strikingly ruthless through their military tactics (Doc. 2, 3,4,5), they were able to develop a rather sophisticated society (Doc. 7, 9, 10) and executed noteworthy and structured accomplishments (Doc. 1, 6, 8). As shown in documents 2, 3, 4, and 5, the Mongolians are quite infamous for their questionable harshness considering their military techniques.…
Genghis Khan and the Mongols were willing to go to great lengths to succeed in conquering Asia. In fact, they went much too far. Although they did do many great things for the economy of the towns they conquered, and they held many admirable beliefs, that does not excuse the fact that they killed a very large amount of people and they did so in terrible ways. Genghis Khan had incredibly strict rules for his men. Document 2 states that if a group of 10 people flee from battle, then the other 90 people that were part of that group all get put to death.…
The Mongols developed strategic methods to defeat their enemies in battle (Doc 3). When they were going to join battle they drew all the battle lines. Mongols were good at faking retreat…
Document 2, 7 and 8 illustrate this aspect. Document 2 is about a gift from French, that is very fancy. Document 7 discuss about Mongol assignation during the conquest. Document 7’s author is from Persia, which was conquered by Mongol. This makes him likely to exaggerate the brutal of Mongols.…
John Boyd Orr a famous doctor, biologist and politician explains, “In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without”. This phrase links the common and reoccurring rise/ downfall of ancient cultures and civilisations. Worldwide, historians agree that the ancient Mongolians like many civilisations, revolutionised and contributed significantly to the contemporary world. However this empire never fully disappeared, which is why it cannot be classed into the “normal run of nomad empires”.…