varied in China and the Middle East under Mongol rule. In terms of taxes, both areas had initially issued heavy taxation policies to the people of their new captured land. In China though, the heavy taxes did not stay as they did in Persia. When Kublai Khan ruled starting in 1271, he adopted a chinese favorable ruling style. He lowered taxes for the chinese people as well as other generous activities such as public works and peasant friendly policies to protect their farmland from grazing. Even…
Their conquests were planned out, for the people to not expect them. In Ata-Malik Juvaini, by Genghis Khan, it states that the people of Nishapur (a city of Persia) knew that the mongols would try to conquer their city, so they prepared themselves. What they didn’t know was that the Mongols would arrive at night, when no one was prepared. The Perimeter…
The Mongols were a nomadic group of people that originated in Central Asia. The leader, Genghis Khan, organized the people and used superb military tactics to conquer others and eventually established the largest empire in the world to this day. The Mongols controlled most of the Middle East and adopted many of the Muslim Empire’s techniques for success mainly influencing society, while varying aspects of their government. However, Islam continued to grow and influence society even under Mongol…
The Mongol empire had many lasting effects on the world during their rule and even today. Some of them were positive, such as improving trade, but others were negative. The Mongols are mostly remembered for their negative effects on the people they conquered. One horrifying thing they did was demolish entire cities and slaughter many towns’ whole population. The Mongols killed so many people in the Iranian Plateau that some historians estimate that Iran’s population did not again reach its…
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…
war stories that still told today. Noor Inayat Khan was a big help to the Allies. Noor Inayat Khan changed the way women seen in war through her actions in World War II. This is proven throughout her childhood, her involvement with the Allied forces, her accomplishments as a spy, and her capture. Noor Inayat Khan had a rough childhood because she was an Indian princess, had relationship problems, and Noor Inayat Khan was born by Hazrat Inayat Khan and Ameena Begum and became an Indian…
Pakistan there have been several military rulers who after taking over the power from civilian government promised to have election within ninety days. However, none of them actually organized election within the given time frame. Ayub Khan ruled for eleven years, Yahya Khan stayed for two years, Zia-ul-Haq headed the country for eleven years and Pervez Musharraf for nine years. These military rulers dismissed democratically elected governments and were supposed to help stabilize the conditions…
Unity, Discipline, and faith is the motto that the Pakistani live by. Pakistan is country that is struggling that is slowly making a rise with their government and there economy. The President of Pakistan and the Prime Minster are key role players in making this happen, and the people of Pakistan support every decision that they make. Pakistan does have a very strong Military that is versatile on ground, air, and water. Which will help them out so they can’t be over thrown easily. Pakistan…
Disasters form when hazards and vulnerability factors collide. The underlying causes, conditions, triggers and inadequate measures to reduce risk are all important aspects to consider when studying disasters. I will be using the social vulnerability perspective in this essay to examine the floods that occurred in Pakistan in 2010. These floods were considered to be a massive humanitarian disaster, leaving millions suffering through loss and insecurity. Specifically, I will be taking a practical…
We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the house as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable conditions in which our women have to live,” said Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The role of women evidently has many similarities and differences between civilizations and time eras. When comparing the role of women in the early river civilizations, Egypt and China, there are many pronounced similarities and differences…