Dbq Nomads

Throughout history we hear the word nomadic and constantly associate this term with words such as, savage, heathen, hunter gatherer. What if I made the claim that nomads created the largest land empire in history in the shortest amount of time. It might be hard to believe with words commonly associated with Nomad. The Mongols from Northern China empire began in Northern China in 1206 and expanded from the Pacific ocean to the Black Sea. Impressively they were able to achieve this feat in only 70 years with a nomadic society of two million people. They conquered cultures that were considered technological advanced such as, China, Persia, and Europe. Genghis Kahn was able to establish the largest nomadic empire in such a short time through …show more content…
Before becoming Genghis Khan he was known as Temujin a local tribe leader who strived to unite the nomads through a new leadership philosophy. The norm of tribal supremacy within the nomads was that each family was loyal to their clan leader. Temujin rejected this normalcy and proceeded to promote people who showed courage in battle. Upon conquering a tribe he would dispatch the leader or anyone who opposed him and then would invite the warriors to join his clan as equal members. This leadership philosophy eliminated ties to tribes and instead subscribed the nomads to identify as one single entity the “Mongols” lead by Genghis Khan. The mongols developed into a strong cohesive military unit that was able to conquer empires under a single great leader, Genghis Khan. Leadership was the first building block of a legendary military, next was the superior use of weaponry that helped Genghis expand his …show more content…
A common ideology is that agriculture societies created enough food to develop technologies and art, because survival required less time and labor. Unfortunately agricultural societies became infatuated with the development of government and less mobile preferring a sedentary lifestyle . The nomad societies were foragers requiring them to become masters of mobility as they needed to follow seasonal paths of wild game and plants. This directly correlates to their mastery of horse riding, and hunting with the bow and arrow. The nomads developed into excellent warriors during their times of disunity. When Temujin united the nomads into a single identity, “the Mongols” he had begun to make military and world history. Military weaponry and tactical strategy, and leadership are important in military conquest, but Genghis was able to blend these three aspects together to form a Mongol military powerhouse, that directly lead to the largest continuous land empire in history over a short time span of 70