Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is a narrative that presents a look into the life, and accomplishments of Genghis Khan, and the legacy he and his successors had on European civilization. The book depicts a more sympathetic view on the Mongols, that is contrary to the popular belief that they were a tyrannical group with a dark nature. The author, Jack Weatherford, a professor of Anthropology at Macalester College, delves into the life of Genghis Khan and the many victories he and…
The Mongols: Conquest & Genghis Khan The Mongols, a civilization from the 12th Century - just another name from the crumpled wad of paper called history - But yet, The Mongols were basically the United States in the present day. The world’s largest superpower. But yet, they lived on such a simple lifestyle. This set them apart from other civilizations. So, how did they become the biggest? As to every militarial empire in history, The Mongols had some history behind them, and a timeline of how…
After the men returned to the great Mongol leader, this time taking young Marco Polo with them, Niccolo offered young Marco as a servant to Kublai Khan. Without the first trip to the Mongol empire by the Polo brothers, Kublai would have never accepted the young Venetian man to reside in his court. Although Marco’s success ultimately comes about because of his social genius and charisma, it would have…
When Marco and his family reached China he entered the land of a powerful Mongol leader, Khubilai Khan, who sent Marco on many trips across the land. After 17 years of being in China, Marco and his family stated the voyage home, when Marco arrived back in Europe, he shared the crazy stories he encountered; he was also the first person to introduce the…
The Mongols were a group of nomadic tribes occupying the Eurasian Steppe. Genghis Khan united these tribes in the 13th century and quickly established a large empire. This empire became the largest land empire in history. Although the Mongolian Invasions of the 13th Century CE increased trade and aided in the cross-cultural pollination of ideas and cuisine, these achievements came at the expense of upwards of fifty million lives during the span of their brutal conquests. The Mongolian…
Evidence of this is in document # 6 “From the beginnings of the Mongol empire, The Mongol Khans fostered trade and sponsored numerous caravans. The very size of the Mongol empire increased the wider dissemination of goods and ideas throughout Eurasia as merchants and others could now travel from one end of the empire to the other with greater…
Great Chinggis Khan Throughout history there have been many leaders deemed great while others are deemed as cruel. It is their affects on history that determines if they are either a great ruler or a tragedy. With the rise and fall of many leaders it is they their accomplishments and how they had ruled that determines their worth. In the 13th century a leader had emerged, to some he was Great whereas for others he was a nightmare. This man was Chinggis Khan, or known as Genghis Khan by the West,…
to an account of the explorer Marco Polo there various traits of Mongolia and China that were similar to those of the civilizations of Europe. When Marco Polo travel across the Silk Roads to Mongolia and China, which was under the ruling of Kublai Khan, he stayed in the city of Kinsay. In Kinsay, Marco Polo observed that in the city there were twelve guilds which specialized in different crafts and that each of those guilds had twelve thousand households in their employment as workmen. The…
Despite their negative image and military tactics, first hand accounts of the empire and dealings with the Khans from the thirteenth century emissaries Juviani, William of Rubruck, and Marco Polo have…
Imagine this, you are a Chinese peasant living in the 1200s minding your own business farming; then suddenly, flaming arrows are fly out of nowhere, the sound of war horns roar in the distance and mounted warriors are riding around slaughtering your fellow townspeople. Who are these evil people? They are the Mongols! Not only will they kill your townspeople, but also will end up killing millions of people across Eurasia and create the largest land empire in history. One may think that this is…