Mongol Empire

Since the projects were so costly, the Mongols resorted to deliberate inflation of currency to cover the costs. These financial problems lead to the undermining of the economy, which the Mongols could not maintain any longer. To add on to this chaos, terrible floods erupted from the Yellow River in the 1340’s. Following this, hundreds of thousands of us were called upon to repair the damage done by the floods, but instead we broke out into a rebellion. This eventually led to the collapse of…

Hayashida and KOSUWA back to the Mongol fleet. There would be two campaigns during the years of 1994 and 1995. These campaigns were carried out with the support of the Nagasaki Prefecture and the Takashima-cho Board of Education. The main excavation site was located 150 meters off the coast…

In order to understand how the black plague manage to spread as rapidly as it did as well as how it killed as many people as it did one must first understand its origin. Through the Mongol conquest of the Afro-Eurasia, the Mongols established a large network of communication through cultural exchange. The Mongols had a great deal of religious tolerance and do to this they had a variety of different cultures within their region of influence. However, these positive outcomes did not come without…

Have you ever wondered how important trade really is in the world today and how it impacted human health? The Silk Road was a network of trade routes where goods, ideas, technologies, and diseases were passed along throughout Eurasia on camel caravans. The name “The Silk Road” can be misleading because silk was not the only item that was traded on this trade route. Other items, such as metals, gems, glass, horses, and spices were important items of trade (Upshur). Many people think trade only…

Salutations fellow countrymen, advisors, and dearest friends. I thank all of you for coming today and being part of this magnificent-monumental-movement. Finally, our empire is liberated from the hands of tyranny that once oppressed our great empire. It was only last week that our citizens joined forces to overthrow the last king for his misuse of power. He is now banished to another land, so let there be no fear, for fear forestalls a man from prospering. First, I must address the skeptics who…

learned a lot. He had learned 4 Asian languages and some Italian. He first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as the Silk Road. After coming to China, Marco Polo entered the court of powerful Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan, who dispatched him on trips to advice administer the realm. Marco Polo stayed abroad for 24 years.The…

The world before the 1500’s had many obvious problems and inefficient ways that we find quite simple in today’s modern times. Communication is the most noticeable one. Messages from far lands could take months to deliver. By the time a voyage is completed, many events have happened. In today’s society, one could find information on the internet in seconds from the opposite end of the planet. Huge problems arose in the previous centuries making fallacies and assumptions of foreign lands. Many of…

Society Kubilai Khan was a powerful king of the Mongols. He was a decedent of Chinghiz Khan like all the past kings of Mongolia. In fact, the family name Khan meant ‘great lords of lords’, showing how powerful and respected the Khan was. Of course, being a king, he always sat at the highest table during gatherings wore luxurious fur coats but, he was even worshiped as a godlike figure by many of his people, showing how much his people liked him. The Mongol society that was ruled by Kubilai…

Sanbao. Instead of practicing Buddhism, Daoism, or Confucianism, Zheng's family worshiped Allah. At the age of ten, the last Mongol hold was re-conquered by China. Ma was captured and sent to the army to become an orderly. There he made many influential friends at court and became skilled in war. About twenty years later, Prince of Yan revolted, creating the Yongle Empire. Ma became an influence on Yongle Court, this caused the emperor to change his…

which tends to discredit his accounts as a type of storytelling style. The story of the Great Khan’s victories through the “Baron Bayan” defines one example of this mythic retelling of supposed historical events in the formation of the Mongolian Empire. In contrast tot his storytelling…