He had many conquests during his lifetime. In the beginning of his reign, he took control over many tribes in Northeast Asia by imposing them a choice of life or death. Khan utilized fear and terror as his tactics to search for weaknesses in his victims and gain power. He offered to let the people he found to follow him or die otherwise. Even though Genghis Khan was a murderer and a conquerer, he was still a leader to his empire. He established a secure government and made sure their food was plentiful through agricultural advances and trade. He may have killed many people, not because of their religious practices, but because he wanted to acquire new land for his people. He abolished hereditary titles, the kidnapping and selling of women, enslavement of any Mongol, and livestock theft was punishable by death. He cared about those he defeated and made sure there was security for everyone by leaving them with an improvement in their lives. By doing all of this, he eventually ruled over some one million people to create the Mongol …show more content…
The military system he adapted was formed on a rational structure and promotion was strictly based on merit. Speed and efficiency in conquest were their trademark and gave them power. Warfare and technology were other factors in their superiority. They developed gunpowder for their guns and cannons they built. The intelligence system that was created was far more superior than any other people of the lands they invaded. Khan sent out spies to watch over lands they wanted to invade and found weakness in the people living there. They also played a psychological warfare where they spread rumors of the cruelty of the Mongols to frighten the people of the lands they were about to invade. This was unsettling to some, so they fled the scene. This restricted their defense forces so less people would be there to defend their land. Genghis Khan built and raised cities. This helped redirect trade flow, establish better farming for food, and irrigation systems were demolished for pastures for their horses they needed for battle. He also ordered the development of a writing system, granted consular immunity to foreign ambassadors, and furnished everyone with religious freedom before the idea caught on anywhere else in the known world. In addition to establishing a word-wide trading system amongst different Mongol nations, the Mongols developed a postal system called the