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The Mongol empire which lasted roughly One hundred and sixty-three years was an empire of nomadic people who were not as barbaric as other empires in their time thought they were. The Mongols ruled over the largest land than any other empire which shows that they were nomadic people which needed a mass amount of land to meet their needs. Their empire had strict laws and customs which come off very violent which led other civilizations to find them barbaric. Although they were nomads they were organized in warfare and even had a capital.
The Mongol people started out as nomads roaming the land for food then developed into a great empire. Document 1 shows that the Mongol people had great amounts of land even well after their civilization had gone from their nomadic lifestyle and also that they were very powerful. The map shown in document one was gathered from various sources so the creditability is higher since it was from multiple people. The Mongols gained much of their land from conjuring other empires; they occupied most of Asia including China and Central Asia. The Mongols first wanted to expand or more importantly Temujin wanted to expand for protection from other clans. Later though the Mongols wanted to expand for another reason, power. They conquered Persia, Russia and much of China and wanted to conquer more showing that they wanted power over all of Europe and the Middle East. as they have tried to conquer parts before but their rulers had died sending the armies back to the capital. The map shown in document one was gathered from various sources so the creditability is higher since it was from multiple people.
Document two shows how the Mongol army was organized. In the Mongol army a captain looks over ten men and then out of the ten captains one is in charge of one hundred men and out of the one hundred captains one is a captain of one thousand and then two or three men are in charge of the whole army although one has more control of the others. This
The Mongol people started out as nomads roaming the land for food then developed into a great empire. Document 1 shows that the Mongol people had great amounts of land even well after their civilization had gone from their nomadic lifestyle and also that they were very powerful. The map shown in document one was gathered from various sources so the creditability is higher since it was from multiple people. The Mongols gained much of their land from conjuring other empires; they occupied most of Asia including China and Central Asia. The Mongols first wanted to expand or more importantly Temujin wanted to expand for protection from other clans. Later though the Mongols wanted to expand for another reason, power. They conquered Persia, Russia and much of China and wanted to conquer more showing that they wanted power over all of Europe and the Middle East. as they have tried to conquer parts before but their rulers had died sending the armies back to the capital. The map shown in document one was gathered from various sources so the creditability is higher since it was from multiple people.
Document two shows how the Mongol army was organized. In the Mongol army a captain looks over ten men and then out of the ten captains one is in charge of one hundred men and out of the one hundred captains one is a captain of one thousand and then two or three men are in charge of the whole army although one has more control of the others. This