Central Asia

Major Legacies of the Mongol Rule in the Islamic World At the dawn of the 13th century, an Empire that would greatly and forever impact the world’s map, open transnational trade, transform the leadership course of two great religions and seed new nations, sprang in the plains of Mongolia. The Mongol empire indirectly impacted the history of the world in an innumerable other ways. At its peak, the Mongol empire became the most contagious empire historically and stretched from to the Carpathian…

understand the how the Mongols were able to conquer land so quickly. Clearly, this shows that the Mongols used barbaric tactics not only because they were very effective at taking down cities and fortresses (shown as they were able to conquer much of Asia with this method), but also strike fear into their enemies, as the Mongols killed most, if not all, of the survivors of the siege. This brutality is shown no easier than in Document 4. According to Ata-Malik Juvaini, the Mongols laid waste to…

It is no doubt that Genghis Kahn, the great mongol leader who's amazing speed and success of conquest helped them gain more land in 25 years than the romans did in 400 has caused a mass amount of death and destruction during his reign. But is all the death and destruction justified by the end result? During the time of the mongol’s conquest, killing a mass amount of people in order to conquer what was wanted was normal. Destruction was also a way to show how powerful an army was. Before Genghis…

Chinese knew about each other because in the days that the roman empire existed and china had a dynasty, there was a lot of trade between Asia and other continents. One major event that caused china and rome to gain knowledge about each other was the silk road. The Silk Road is an ancient network of trade routes that went though several regions, which connected Asia to the Mediterranean. Due to Romans and Chinese crossing each other the gained communication. With trust of safety both…

How Barbaric Were the Mongolians? I believe that the Mongols were one of the most barbaric empires to ever rule in Eurasia. Through their violent battle tactics, their way of destroying everything, and their violent punishment for breaking the law. One way the Mongolian Empire was barbaric, was how they used their battle tactics. Something they did that was very violent within their own army was, if two or three men ran away, the Khan had the rest of the group of ten executed, for letting…

Although the ways the Mongols dealt with war and prisoners were barbaric, their society and way of life was extremely civilized. For example, the Mongols buried prisoners alive, which was extremely barbaric. Document four states “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.” This act was also extremely barbaric. The society and the way of life of the Mongols was civilized, the opposite…

The mongols(barbarians) were known for their brutality and they would do some of the most horrible things.The mongols had great techniques that helped them win and that they were known for brutality.And it helped them conquered many places in Asia. Temujin (Genghis khan) was a very well known mongol leader he had conquered so many land with his mongol army,when he was born he had been holding blood in his right hand(meaning he was going to be a great warrior).And at a young age he killed his…

How Barbaric Were The Barbarians Have you asked questions about the Mongols? Such as, what they accomplished or if they were crazy or if their battle tactics were useful or not. The big question is if the Mongols were barbaric or not. In my opinion, the Mongols were not barbaric because they were organized, they could conquer land, and their battle tactics were the best at the time. Firstly, the Mongols were organized because their leader, Genghis Khan had one person being in command of…

After a series of unsatisfying communications between the caliph and Hulagu, the Mongols made an attempt to reach Baghdad from the west in November of 1257, across the Tigris river. Aware now of the proximity of the invaders, al-Musta’sim sent out an army to drive them back. In this early battle, the Mongols flooded the battleground by breaking dikes, trapping their opponents in the mud and slaughtering them while drowning others (Frazier, 2005). This would be the first of several direct attacks…

Golden Age of Islam which was around the 8th century 17. Charter of Fealty- An oath of allegiance between lord and vassal in exchange for land used around the 11th century; mainly used in Europe by between kings and knights 18. Travels in Africa & Asia- (1325-1354) Ibn Battuta starts travelling when he was 20 years old in 1325. He goes on a Hajj to Mecca and travels for about 29 years visiting the equivalent of 44 modern countries which were then mostly under the government of Islam 19. Epic of…