Mongol Empire
Sean Turner and Jerry Ferguson
Mongols: From Nomads to a Feared Empire.
The Mongols are arguably the best conquerors the world has ever seen. Through brutal military tactics and intimidating physiological warfare, they were capable of building the greatest land empire that the world has ever seen. The empire not only was fierce and cruel but they also brought about the rival of Silk Road trading which helped lead to their people to great economic prosperity. The Conrad-Demarest Model of an empire is a basic guideline that all of the empires are said to have to follow. In the Mongols, case they followed this model in the reasons for its fall and in the fact that it had militaristic and political preconditions in its rise, but it did not follow the Conrad-Demarest model in its necessary agricultural preconditions. Like every empire before and after the Mongols, it eventually came to its ultimate demise; but it could have been saved if the Mongols stayed together as a unified force and if they treated their conquered peoples more equally and not so much as second class citizens.
The Mongols had all the necessary preconditions in the militaristic and political areas; according to the Conrad-Demarest Model. Initially, in the Mongols place of origin, Mongolia, there were many rival tribes known as the Naimans, Merkits, Tatars, Mongols, and Keraits. These tribes often raided and attacked each other in an effort to receive more power in the region, but the Mongols and Tatars often stayed equal in power. It was not until the rise of Genghis Khan that the Mongols began to rise in power and dominate the Eurasian Steppe. (The Mongol Empire, 2007). Also before their rise to power, the Mongols were one clan of many on the Eurasian Steppe. In this clan the ruler was the clan leader who administrated everything that went on within the clan. This was the Mongols state-level government until the rise of Genghis Khan. (The Mongol Empire, 2007) Finally, the Mongols
Mongols: From Nomads to a Feared Empire.
The Mongols are arguably the best conquerors the world has ever seen. Through brutal military tactics and intimidating physiological warfare, they were capable of building the greatest land empire that the world has ever seen. The empire not only was fierce and cruel but they also brought about the rival of Silk Road trading which helped lead to their people to great economic prosperity. The Conrad-Demarest Model of an empire is a basic guideline that all of the empires are said to have to follow. In the Mongols, case they followed this model in the reasons for its fall and in the fact that it had militaristic and political preconditions in its rise, but it did not follow the Conrad-Demarest model in its necessary agricultural preconditions. Like every empire before and after the Mongols, it eventually came to its ultimate demise; but it could have been saved if the Mongols stayed together as a unified force and if they treated their conquered peoples more equally and not so much as second class citizens.
The Mongols had all the necessary preconditions in the militaristic and political areas; according to the Conrad-Demarest Model. Initially, in the Mongols place of origin, Mongolia, there were many rival tribes known as the Naimans, Merkits, Tatars, Mongols, and Keraits. These tribes often raided and attacked each other in an effort to receive more power in the region, but the Mongols and Tatars often stayed equal in power. It was not until the rise of Genghis Khan that the Mongols began to rise in power and dominate the Eurasian Steppe. (The Mongol Empire, 2007). Also before their rise to power, the Mongols were one clan of many on the Eurasian Steppe. In this clan the ruler was the clan leader who administrated everything that went on within the clan. This was the Mongols state-level government until the rise of Genghis Khan. (The Mongol Empire, 2007) Finally, the Mongols