The Mongols: How Barbaric Were the “Barbarians”?” The Mongols did accomplish a lot as an Empire. But, as they accomplished what they wanted, they were completely barbaric groups of people. In the 13th century, the Mongols warriors swept across the lands of Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. “Nothing like it had ever been seen before. Nothing quite like it was has been done ever since.” ( Quote from Article:“The Mongols: How Barbaric Were the“Barbarians”?”). The “great” leader of Temuchin all started in his early childhood when his father, the original leader of the Mongols, was poisoned to death by a local enemy. Temuchin spent his childhood and teenage years fighting clan rivals. Temuchin later became the leader of the Mongol army and was a great leader. Later on in his life, he was given the name Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan and his army took its first serious target, the Chin Armies of North China. Him …show more content…
The way they treated their prisoners were very brutal and barbaric. Some of the things they did to the people would throw them into big pots of water and boil them to death with scorching hot water. Another killing tactic was they would berry prisoners upside down, making their blood rush straight to their head. Genghis Khan killed his blood brother went they went to war against each other, blood brother comes to Genghis Khan and whispers to him in his ear, give me a noble death. Within moments, Genghis Khan kills his blood brother by breaking his back. A last tactic they would do to treat prisoners would be just flat out shooting them with their armies Mongol archers. To conclude the question of “The Mongols: How Barbaric Were the “Barbarians”?”. The evidence shows that they were very cruel in ways. Whether it's the death count or the way they treated the captured, killing them by boiling them to death or giving Temuchin’s blood brother a noble death by breaking his