Kublai Khan

political institutions, economic development, and cultural diversity of many lands. They promoted diversified economic development, built canals to improve transportation and communication, and also were in control of trade routers (Doc 6). Since Genghis Khan was against adultery and theft, the empire was safer, and people didn’t have to worry about their possessions being stolen. This also meant Mongol people got along (Doc 7). Posting stations used for the great Khan’s in the empire. The…

nature of Kubla Khan almost bounds its creative sovereignty to something unattainable to the reader. On the one hand, Coleridge offers the reader a psychedelic insight into the unknown mysterious “chasm” of his creativity and gives the reader a sense of the limitless utopia in his mind. On the other hand, this distorted experience presents a fabrication of reality, where the freedom of imagination exceeds the limits of the natural poet. Arguably the false pretence of Coleridge’s Kubla Khan is…

The Life and Legacy of Genghis Khan Every civilization that had been found and developed, soon after they rose, would fall. But then a new one would rise not too far from there or become a whole new one out of the old rubble. Usually this was due to new settlers, an economic rise, or influences from other civilizations. Each civilization had a powerful figure, such as Alexander the Great from Macedonia or Julius Caesar in Rome. In the eastern parts of Asia, there are generals such as Cao Cao…

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World tells the history of a nomadic country that came from nearly nothing and became the World 's greatest empire, but quickly fell apart because of greed. It united under Genghis Khan or Temujin as he was originally known as, and he was born to Hoelun, the bride kidnapped from Chiledu of the Merkid tribe by the Mongols. Temujin 's childhood was traumatic and stressful as his father was poisoned when Temujin was still a child. With the loss of their…

regions (Document 9). This accomplishment allowed the Mongols to control nearly all significant trade in the known world, especially trade on the Silk Road, emphasizing the power they had in the world economy. Marco Polo also wrote that the powerful khan forced everyone under his control to use paper money in their unique economic system (Document 6). This also shows how the Mongols had control of the flow of currency in their empire. Polo, an Italian merchant concerned with money, spent quite…

The Mongols and the Europeans had many characteristics that were similar and characteristics that set them apart. They both had strong attributes that set them apart from any other group of people; they were powerful in their own way. It was the Mongols during the third wave civilizations era that created the largest and influential empire of that millennium. Their empire reached all the way to Eastern Europe and it was the Mongols that brought regions together into a single interacting network.…

contiguous land empires in history - the Mongol Empire. Led by Genghis Khan, the Mongols, within a span of less than 80 years, grew to encompass 24,000,000 square kilometers of the continent of Eurasia. In saying so, as part of the Mongol conquests, an approximated 30 million or more people had died. However, while his image in much of the world was shaped by these notoriously ruthless and bloodthirsty campaigns, Genghis Khan was and still is considered and celebrated as a hero all throughout…

not only the history of Russian’s but even modern day Russia and its role in world history today. The Mongols ruled over Russia for over 200 years and within this time, they managed to acquire the largest land empire in history. Founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, the Mongols tactics were both ruthless and impressively successful. Seeing the Mongol empire as both a legacy and “bringer of turmoil” is exceptionally fair. “Either Mongol influence was minimized or denied, or all Mongol contributions…

Ogodei, a new set of women came into control, partially in response to Ogodei’s lust for land and power. The wives of the Khans, the daughters-in-law of Genghis Khan, were the…

is none other than Genghis Khan, the most feared and respected leader of his time. By the time of…