allowed the conquered people to practice their own religion and be more relaxed in the empire. The Khan’s understood the value of people who knew astronomy, medicine, engineering, and mathematics and spared their lives (Business Insider, 2017). Genghis Khan knew that to help his empire it would be a good idea to have smart people around to advise him on decisions for the Mongol empire. The Mongol empire was great because many different people who worshipped different things lived in the empire…
(He had served 17 years in The great Khan's court before he had had the thought leaving). Khan wasn't to happy of Marco Polo's leave because the truth is he had been quite dependent on him and his help had brought Khan a long way. (Khan had decided he would be able to leave if he had delivered the Mongol princess to Persia where the princess was set to marry the Persian prince). Two years after his return to Venice…
Modern Day Mongols ~ The Mongols could be your worst nightmare destroying your village and killing all your family and friends or your best friend keeping you safe and making sure you had everything you needed but thats depending on whose side you were on. The Mongols were somewhat barbaric warriors that lived in the 13th century and took over most of Asia, The Middle East and Eastern Europe using barbaric Tactics. Even though the Mongols had barbaric tendencies they also protected their own.…
The Tuvan were a hunter-herder, nomadic society. They are a south Siberian Turkic group and are located near the border of the Soviet Union and Mongolia. In 1921, the Tuvans formed a revolutionary republic called Tannu Tuva with the support of the Soviet Union. They became an independent region within Russia in 1944. The Tuva largely consists of rural land and their herding tradition is still apparent (Alekseev, Kirgiz, & Levin 1990, 3). In Tuva and neighbouring areas, “stockbreeding and…
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 reason why is because of his smarts with military tactics and leadership. Khan gathered…
Genghis Khan, born as Temujin, controlled the world’s largest empire. He conquered vast territories across the continents of Europe and Asia. An empire that vast could not have been formed without ambition, excellent organizational skills, a strong military, destruction, and chaos. To prove that Genghis Khan was a great ruler, one must look at his early life, and his desire to unite Mongolia through multiple military campaigns ending in a strong, sole, rulership. The hardships of Temujin’s…
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…