The Mongols: The Rise And Fall Of Ancient Mongolians

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”. After investigating the rise of the Mongols and the power they received, it is no wonder once successors grew weak so did the military. This caused rebellions to break out, overwhelming the dynasty. Whilst examining the reasons, it is important to understand to what extent these causes were a product of historian’s period of time. This essay will also address why the Mongols did not solve these problems and lessons which the twentieth-first century society could learn from this particular downfall. Therefore it can be strongly argued by historians that as the Mongols faced little external …show more content…
Managing such a large empire proved to unrealistic for a long period of time. However it could be said that the rebellion leader, Zhu Yuanzhang created a more stable and improved lifestyle by finally putting the fighting to an end. There are many lessons the twentieth-first century society can learn from the fall of the Mongols – firstly they contributed significantly to modern day culture and created the largest land empire in history – with a population of millions. Whilst this is astonishing, their failures can also be a lesson to society, making people aware that a stable government and military is crucial to the successful running of an