MaryKate Chorazak World Civilizations I Professor Coleman April 3‚ 2015 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World The Mongol empire was larger than any empire of its time‚ covering an area almost as large as Africa. Despite this fact‚ its people were generally known as brutal savages who lived to destroy civilizations. However‚ Jack Weatherford believes otherwise. He recognizes Mongolia’s leader‚ Genghis Khan‚ as a highly influential ruler instead of a blood-thirsty barbarian. In fact‚ Weatherford
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Did Genghis Khan have more of a positive or negative impact upon the people with which he came into contact with? Although Genghis Khan may have made some beneficial contributions to society‚ which made a long lasting impressions ours‚ such as improving the wellbeing of his nation‚ and conquering other territories. Genghis Khan had more of a negative impact upon the people with which he came into contact with because he believed he was the chosen one‚ and acted as a merciless emperor. Genghis Khan
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Genghis Khan was one of the world’s greatest leaders. He was born in 1167 near lake Baikal in Russia At the age of 13 he succeeded his father as tribal chief. By 1206 he was the master of much of Mongolia and was named by his people Genghis Kahn meaning precious warrior lord. In 1208 he got his foothold inside the great wall of China and in 1213 he led his armies south and west into the area and did not stop until he reached Shantung Peninsula. In 1215 he captured Yenking with his
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Genghis Khan (Temujin) How did Genghis Khan change the world? Well Genghis Khan conquered a lot of Asia and united it because of his strong military. He increased trade dramatically by making the first international postal system. He also spread a lot of great inventions‚ for example‚ silk and paper. This is how he is great and how he changed the world. The first thing I will be talking about is how he was able to conquer a lot of Asia and unite it. He united the Mongols which was a big step because
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Mongol domination of China lasted from 1211 until 1368. Mongol clans existed in Mongolia for a long time before‚ but Genghis Khan was the first to have the idea to take over other nations. Khan was allied with the Mongols and when he was poisoned by a rival clan his son allied with the Mongols. In 1206 he unified the Mongols into a single confederation. His son was Genghis Khan‚ who put the Mongols on the map as a force to be reckoned with. He created an army with no tribal affiliations and he
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of the Mongol + Genghis Khan Trial Cyril Connolly once said‚ “The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized‚ and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.” As the trial determining whether the Mongols and Genghis Khan are civilized or uncivilized comes to a close‚ a verdict must be made. Both the defense and prosecution witnesses of both sides delivered convincing and compelling arguments. However‚ there can be only one verdict. The Mongols and Genghis Khan murdered innocent
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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 most of Eurasia. Genghis Khan had a rough childhood his father died when he was a teen but that made
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Betrayed and nearly killed by his closely related tribe members and was saved by a family which he had no kinship tie with‚ Genghis Khan dismissed the traditional kinship bonds in the steppe society and relied on alliances with loyal and trusted associates as his essential supporters and followers. He treated people based on merit instead of the kinship‚ or their positions in the family or tribe‚ and honored faithful followers with political power‚ military authority‚ and his unbreakable trust. This
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J. Chandler W. Carraway World Civilization I October 22‚ 2012 Genghis Khan Genghis Khan was both a feared military conqueror ad an intelligent administrative of the empire he created‚ but I think that khan being an intelligent administrative of his empire was the most important of the two of shaping the modern world. Its most his techniques he used as the military conqueror that made me certain. Khan fighting techniques shows that he has leadership skills‚ he was able to the find his enemies
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Although Kim Jong II‚ Genghis Khan‚ and Ivan IV are fearless‚ ruthless leaders‚ they will always be remembered as great leaders. They formed most of today’s Europe‚ Asia and most of Korea. Though they were ruthless and fearless‚ they all had a huge impact on today’s society and both positive and negative affects. In 1162 near the border between modern Mongolia and Siberia‚ there is a soon to be one of the most recognized leaders of China and Asia‚ Genghis Khan. Temujin aka Genghis Khan established the
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