Mongol Empire

The Mongols were a nomadic group of powerful warriors. They were a clan-based society and often quarreled with one another. This helped improve their fighting techniques and made them a very dangerous enemy to anyone who stood in their path. The Mongols transitioned from a discombobulated group of people to an enormous, powerful empire because of Genghis Khan. He was a strong, clever military leader that united the Mongols and helped them to reach the peak of their strength. From year 1200 CE to…

unite the mongol empire and expand their territory, was especially note worthy in the fact of his influential ruling on the Yuan empire. Unlike Genghis Khan who was know for taking over “nearly 12 million square miles of territory” Kublai was know more for his civilian achievements. The dynamics of his relationship with his subjects were very different than any other conquerer before him. The Wise Khans wraith and freedom for religion and way of lifestyle allowed him to expand his empire further…

The Mongol empire was brutally when it came to take over what they wanted to conquer. When Genghis Khan Father had been killed by being poisoned in 1206. Khan was ruled the leader in the steppes. Khan was just a young boy when his father was killed from poison. Khan had to learn from an early age how a brave warrior. The Mongols where based known for their trade routes they opened up across earlier Islam. They also treated the vendor with good vibes. Khan had biggest empire at the time. The…

Khan. The Mongols are a group of nomadic people that lusted for battle during Genghis Khan and his successor’s reign. Their empire was short lived, only 126 years, due to no cohesive elements like religion or culture, but they expanded to a size only rivaled by the British Empire at its peak. The Ottomans, on the other hand, survived for a whopping 624 years! They replaced the Byzantines, or the eastern Roman Empire, as the prominent power within the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Both the Mongols…

The founder of the Mongol empire was Genghis Khan. He joined together many nomadic tribes and created an army which he would lead into war. While his conquests of the world killed millions and created carnage everywhere it went, it was not bad for the Mongols, and a lot of cultural diffusion happened. Although it was very violent, the large empire would lead to a lot of cultural diffusion and they gave the opponents a chance to surrender peacefully without having to use any force. Although he…

The Mongol and the Ottoman empires used similar techniques while taking over and controlling civilizations because of an underlying common theme within expanding empires, however, aspects involving specific methods and level of association with their conquered set them apart. In the conquest for overall power over the people of the world, the Mongols stretched their empire across most of Eurasia, and also arose conflicts that are now considered ancient world wars. The Ottoman Empires rule…

“Why did the Mongol Empire collapse?” is the question a lot of people are curious about. I always wondered how it collapsed when it wasn’t conquered by another nation. But after analyzing and reading through the history of the dynasty, I have come to the conclusion that the Mongol empire essentially collapsed not from external-human forces, but from internal affairs and uncontrollable misfortunes. To get a better understanding of how the Mongol Empire collapsed, we have to know the history of…

Given its military prowess, the Mongol Empire was able to stretch its territory to an extraordinary level--the four corners of the border were marked by Poland, Egypt, Java, and Japan. (Weatherford 214) The empire covered most of Asia and tiny parts of Europe and Africa. Despite the suffering from the warfare, the areas under the Mongol rule “were able to enjoy a unprecedented century of political peace with a commercial, technological…

Asia. But later, as new countries entered the fray, technology improved and empires changed, trade expanded greatly, becoming a global phenomenon, resulting in nearly everyone trading with nearly everyone else. Some countries, such as Japan were almost completely dependent on the world trade to sustain their empire, while others such as the United States were nearly self-sustaining. Regardless…

The Mongol Empire (1200 – 1400 CE) was arguably the largest land empire of the time. To date, it is the second largest empire in landmass ever, second only to the British Empire. At its height, it had covered an area of over 33 million km3; it is estimated to have had a population of over 100 million people. The expansive empire was birthed through the leadership of Genghis Khan in 1206 [also referred to as Chinggis Khan]. It stretched from China to the east to as far as current day Iraq to the…