Why Should The Mongols Be Remembered For Their Barbaric Empires

The Mongols were a nomadic group of powerful warriors. They were a clan-based society and often quarreled with one another. This helped improve their fighting techniques and made them a very dangerous enemy to anyone who stood in their path. The Mongols transitioned from a discombobulated group of people to an enormous, powerful empire because of Genghis Khan. He was a strong, clever military leader that united the Mongols and helped them to reach the peak of their strength. From year 1200 CE to 1350 CE, the Mongols conquered from the Pacific Ocean all the way to the Adriatic Sea. They conquered other massive empires such as the Islamic empire. The Mongols had brought together the largest land empire in all of history. Although the Mongols flourished during this period of time, they should be remembered for their barbaric tactics such as how they attacked neighboring villages ruthlessly to gain power and how they constantly abused the people that they conquered. …show more content…
The rich and powerful members of the villages were instantly slaughtered because the Mongols did not want any rebellions or revolts. If the Mongols did not slaughter the people they had conquered they would use them as slaves or worse. They treated these people as objects rather than human beings. The Mongols forced them to be involved with tasks such as building and carrying loads to battle. Some were very unfortunate and were used to fill moats or used as human shields. If the Mongols felt that a person was not even up to these tasks, they would be slaughtered and left with the destroyed village. They used barbaric tactics such as these to receive obedience from the people and to make sure that they would not turn on them. The Mongols stripped all power from the people by making them do these awful tasks. This gave the Mongols assurance that no one would try to take power from