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described the relationship as “Men who are sworn brothers share one life. They do not abandon each other but protect that life”(Emerson). As stated by Jack Weatherford, a Professor of Anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota, and author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World: the bond between two blood brothers was stronger than any familial bond, as the anda was freely chosen by the males (Weatherford “Making” 22). When each male in the relationship was still working to find…

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford is a history of the Mongol expansion from Genghis Khan to the 19th century through the telling of a cultural anthropologist, not a historian. He studied The Secret History of the Mongols as gradually came to light over the course of the mid to late-20th century as transcribed by many outside Mongolia, most notably Igor de Rachewiltz an Australian scholar. Transcription inside communist China was considerably more difficult…

1206, Temuchin won the leadership and was given the name Genghis Khan. The Mongols slaughtered so much that streets were full of human fats and flesh. In ancient Persia empire of Khwarazm, Genghis Khan and the Shah of Khwarazm settled a trade agreement, but then 150 traders from Mongolia was murdered by one of Shah’s governors. The Mongols came back with a great vengeance of manslaughter, resulting in the Persian cities falling. Khan died in 1227 and his son, Ogedei took over and his first…

Consequentially, Polo had no parents for much of his youth and was raised by his extended family. While they were traveling in Asia, Marco’s father and uncle traveled to China, here they met the Emperor Kublai Khan, who is the grandson of the great conqueror Genghis Khan. Kublai Khan took a liking to the Polos and before they left to return to Venice, he asked them to bring one hundred priests and holy water on their next journey…

actions of the Mongols affected many societies both positively and negatively. Mongol invasions may have disrupted civilizations, but they also helped improve the world network as a whole. A powerful ruler, or khan, and probably the most important Mongol khan, was Chinggis Khan. Chinggis Khan was born in the 1770s as Temujin in a splinter clan. His father was an able leader, and he promised a marriage between his oldest son, Temujin, and a stronger chief’s daughter. When the family’s money began…

The Mongol Empire stretched from the Sea of Japan to the Carpathian Mountains at its height, making it the largest contiguous empire in history. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, and at its height, encompassed the majority of territories from southeast Asia to central Europe. An empire arose in the steppes of Mongolia in the thirteenth century that forever changed the map of the world, opened intercontinental trade, spawned new nations, changed the course of leadership in…

After the Mongols ruthlessly killed the citizens of Balkh, they leveled all buildings and wiped out any trace of culture. They did this a second time when they revisited Balkh. CROSS EXAMINATIONS: (10+) ● Chinggis Khan ○ founded the Khan regime; came into power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia ○ How many innocent people did you kill? ○ Idk lol ○ Well, there were 200000 in Baghdad... Thousand in Balkh So at least 200000... ● Mongol general…

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…