“imperialism”‚ which they believed ruling an “inferior race” was an efficient way to enrich their home countries. One of the related theories was “Social Darwinism”. The “external camp” believed the intention of imperialism was to help and benefit the “barbaric” natives. One of the popular theories was the “duty theory”. However‚ activist Roger Casement heavily criticized imperialism by using the same concepts. He disproved both camps by pointing that imperialism neither necessarily enriched nations nor
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The Mongols were an Empire that existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and at their height were considered the largest contiguous land empire in history. They had many influential effects on the world including that they forever changed the map of the world‚ changed the course of leadership in two religions‚ opened intercontinental trade‚ produced new nations‚ and impacted history indirectly in an innumerable number of other ways. The Mongols were very effectual at what they did and that’s
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as successfully as the Mongol Empire. Prior to the empire’s rise‚ multiple tribes lived at the Mongolian steppes‚ these tribes will later unify to establish the powerful Mongol Empire by Temujin (Genghis Khan). The tribes consisted of Turkic and Mongol-Tungusic tribes‚ around 1103 B.C a dominant tribe emerged from the steppes known as the Mongols. The Mongols defeated neighboring nomads and unified the tribes before setting on their conquest of Eurasia and Iran. The Mongol empire was established
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out a way to govern and maintain the newly acquired land. A man called Genghis Khan united the Mongols‚ and with superior military skills they were able to topple the governments of surrounding nations and captured their lands. The Mongols often fitted the ‘new’ government to their liking‚ installing different systems that were much to their control. With the Mongols becoming so dominate in China they were able to impact much of its future. They impacted the Silk Road‚ its trades and religions and
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The leaders of the Mongol Empire were definitely better at some aspects of ruling than others. One section they are known for is their violence and rapacity in their military. However‚ the Mongol’s violence brought more harm than good when compared to the economic practices of the empire. As the Mongol Empire began around the end of the golden age‚ the Mongols used their merciless and violent soldiers to acquire an area larger than present day United States. Mongol khans had unified fragmented China
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enemies” they were in battles with‚ especially the Germanic tribes or the barbarians. The Barbarians were a warrior people and “pressed on the Roman empire with accumulated weight”; however‚ it was not because they were at war but for sport. Since fighting in the barbarian culture was something they did for fun‚ they would get in a lot of battles with the Romans to keep them entertained. This contributed to the fall of Rome because all the extensive military pressure from the barbarian would
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ancient Mongol empire‚ the Mongol soldiers would throw human fat at their enemies to scare them off in battle? In my opinion‚ I think that the Mongols did more cultural destruction. I think that there was more cultural destruction because considering many facts and documents‚ the Mongols did more cultural destruction. I say this because in the spring of 618/ 1221 people of Nishapur would have many resources. But long after‚ they realized that those resources wouldn’t work against the Mongols. They
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they were hearing about would follow the same trade routes to the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ and Europe that they themselves used. (doc. 1) In five short years‚ the plague killed between 25 and 45% of the populations it encountered. (doc 2) So how different were the Christian and Muslim responses? In 1348 Christianity and Islam came face to face with the Black Death. (doc. 3A) In truth‚ Muslims and Christians responded in many different ways. Their ideas for what caused the Black Death were somewhat
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The Mongol Impact on China China is a very ancient piece of land ruled by many who have changed and altered it in many ways. These impacts on China can sometimes do harm for future inhabitants‚ but it can also be positive for those who rule in the future. If a society does more harm to China they are most likely not going to last long in which a better group takes over and fixes all the problems that left behind after the previous empire’s downfall. If the society was doing more good to China they
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The Mongol Empire was very strong it lasted from 1206 to 1368 during this time there was many rules and many very cool inventions that were used. The first ruler was Genghis Khan the second was Kublai Khan and the third was Batu Khan. Genghis Khan was born in the year 1162 on the steppes of Mongolia.he lived until August 18‚ 1227 he was a great ruler. He came to power by uniting the Nomadic Tribes of Northeast Asia. After founding his empire and being named Genghis Khan he started to conquered
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