Kublai Khan

To many, war is perceived as a heroic and valiant course of action that is intended to bring about the existence of peace and democracy in the world. However, war is in fact the exact opposite. It is actually a diminutive, wicked, and gluttonous force that impels fellow human beings to fight amongst one another until death befalls one of them while disturbing the innocent in the process. To get a glimpse of just how malevolent war is, envision the fact that it will kill your children and…

This baby would later become known by the name of Genghis Khan, one of the most feared leaders in our history. Genghis Khan was important for not only uniting the tribes of the Mongolian Region, but also by the way he influenced the whole world, past and present, in many different ways. He fought, preached, and traded his way to become one of the strongest rulers our world has ever seen. The “Forgotten” Superpower I am writing about Genghis Khan and his empire because the Mongolian Empire was…

When Marco and his family reached China he entered the land of a powerful Mongol leader, Khubilai Khan, who sent Marco on many trips across the land. After 17 years of being in China, Marco and his family stated the voyage home, when Marco arrived back in Europe, he shared the crazy stories he encountered; he was also the first person to introduce the…

The Mongols were a group of nomadic tribes occupying the Eurasian Steppe. Genghis Khan united these tribes in the 13th century and quickly established a large empire. This empire became the largest land empire in history. Although the Mongolian Invasions of the 13th Century CE increased trade and aided in the cross-cultural pollination of ideas and cuisine, these achievements came at the expense of upwards of fifty million lives during the span of their brutal conquests. The Mongolian…

Evidence of this is in document # 6 “From the beginnings of the Mongol empire, The Mongol Khans fostered trade and sponsored numerous caravans. The very size of the Mongol empire increased the wider dissemination of goods and ideas throughout Eurasia as merchants and others could now travel from one end of the empire to the other with greater…

Great Chinggis Khan Throughout history there have been many leaders deemed great while others are deemed as cruel. It is their affects on history that determines if they are either a great ruler or a tragedy. With the rise and fall of many leaders it is they their accomplishments and how they had ruled that determines their worth. In the 13th century a leader had emerged, to some he was Great whereas for others he was a nightmare. This man was Chinggis Khan, or known as Genghis Khan by the West,…

Bangladesh Case Study by: Christie Rosengren, Jessie Patterson, Lara Carpenter, Louisa Matheny, Nathan Toenjes Introduction The small tropical country of Bangladesh is the result of a bitter civil war that divided the country of Pakistan into two nations. The violence of this war is rated as one of the top 5 genocides in the twentieth century by The Guinness Book of Records. Mass murder committed by the Pakistani Army against millions of Bengalis led to East Pakistan seceding from the West…

Genghis Khan Throughout time, there has been many influential people to impact history. From Caesar to Alexander the Great, many ruled empires across the world with great power. Unlike most empires, none were in comparison to the empire of the great Mongolian Emperor, Genghis Khan. The name Genghis Khan, still to this day, strikes fear into the minds of people. Known for being one of the most terrifying and savage forces to mankind, there is a lot to be understood about the emperor Khan, in…

Explain the apparent military decline of East Asia after 1700 East Asia had been regarded as one of the most military advanced region of the globe since the early firearms were invented by the Chinese before the Europeans perfected them. Indeed, the earliest known formula for gunpowder is found in a Chinese work dating from the 800s. This allowed the Chinese to apply it to warfare through producing a variety of gunpowder weapons among them rockets, bombs, mines, and rockets before inventing the…

has He given different ways to men.” (Document 9) There is also a claim that Genghis Khan’s legislation was able to eliminate adultery, theft, murder and many other crimes during the empire’s era as cited by Ratchnevsky in his book Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy (Document 7). In the same book, Plano Carpini stated that people need no locks nor bolts in storing their wealth and Juzjani remarked that no person will attempt to pick up things left unattended on the ground. With all…