Fall Of The Mongol Empire Essay

Many things contributed to the fall of the Mongol empire, but mainly the size of empire was too large for one person to rule, they weren’t able to maintain religious traditions, and fighting in war was difficult. The Mongol Empire once stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean sea and had many different religions and civilizations.
The substantial size of the empire alone was enough to cause rulers difficulty in controlling the citizens. From 1162-1227, the Mongol was at it’s height, but from 1769-1821, the Mongol had decreased. As new emperors came to rule they were unable to control the empire in an organised way, so the size of world conquest decreased dramatically. The first ruler, Genghis Khan, conquered 4,860,000 square miles while the last ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte, conquered 720,000 square miles. After Genghis came Alexander the Great, but he only conquered 2,180,000 square
miles, nearly half as much as Genghis Khan.
From 1889-1945 Adolf Hitler ruled but only conquered 1370,000 square miles, about one fourth of what Genghis had conquered. Due to the fact that the Mongol Empire had a great number of citizens, stretching from the pacific ocean to the Mediterranean sea, it was a difficult empire to peacefully control. Having order in the empire was impossible after the split into khanates, four parts of the Mongol Empire, which include, the Russian khanate, the Persian khanate, the central Asian khanate, and the Khanate of Great Khan. Since each khanate had difficulty when it came to passing information to each other, not all information was valid. For example, if the Russian khanate had information that needed to be passed on to the central Asian khanate through the Persian khanate, the Persian khanate could have heard the information wrong which could have resulted in the central Asian khanate receiving false information. Because of the fact that the empire was extremely large, the Mongols were
unable to have consistent order. In the same way the khanates didn’t help the Mongol Empire, the death of Mongke Khan didn’t help, in fact it started war. The death of Mongke caused war which lead Kubilai to be the next Great Khan. As stated in the Background Essay, “Kubilai had been born and raised in china, and he was not trusted in central Asia. Nor was he ever really accepted as the Great Khan by the Mongols in Russia and Persia.” Since not everyone was in agreement about Kubilai Khan being the next Great Khan, the pax Mongolica period began. Even though Kubilai Khan wasn’t accepted by the Mongols of Russia, or Persia, Kubilai had a connection with the khanates to maintain leadership.