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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order to succeed. The military in ancient China‚ was very powerful‚ and was one of the first to introduce weaponry that we still use today. Ancient China had great resources to make weapons and armor. They invented gunpowder which was used for explosives‚ cannonballs‚ and fireworks. Gunpowder and fireworks is still in use today. They invented a Bronze Chinese Crossbow that shoots arrows. They
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land to the west‚ the “New World”. They saw it as a way to control their‚ ever growing‚ population and a way to earn more money. It wasn’t until the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries that England was capable of settling the Americas. New inventions allowed English seamen to travel on a straighter course to their destination‚ find their position in the middle of the ocean‚ and protect themselves from the native Americans that inhabited the new world. Also‚ technology in means of mass communication
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Renaissance‚ but there were some significant innovations. Feudal cavalry lost its strength of the battlefield‚ infantry gained in stature‚ states learned how to field large armies for long periods of time. Most important of all‚ however‚ was the use of gunpowder. The chief result of these innovations was that warfare once and for all was taken out of the hands of private individuals (the nobility) and was taken over by the nation-state. Moreover‚ war became so expensive and destructive that it became ever
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Before the invention of siege weapons‚ the main method for countering these fortifications was mining. This mining tactic consisted of burrowing under ground and tunneling under the wall in order to either burn the wood supports or remove enough stone to collapse the wall. To counter act these methods‚ walls were built much deeper and made much thicker‚ forcing the invention of siege weapons as early as 1099. By the year 1220‚ siege weapons
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The Physics and Components of Medieval Projectile Launchers Before the age of cannons‚ gunpowder‚ and modern warfare‚ projectiles were fired using machines generally identified as catapults. Civilizations in the middle ages were the ones to use the catapult the most‚ utilizing basic laws of physics to hit their target. We will look at different designs in catapults and how they function. Even today‚ launching projectiles is a lesson in physics. Catapults are no exception. From the great minds of
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which he worked‚ he is known for his studies in the theory of electricity and his useful inventions. These include the Franklin stove‚ bifocal eyeglasses‚ the lightning rod‚ and daylight savings time. One of Franklin’s greatest claims to fame was his work in electricity. He carried out experiments with the Leyden jar‚ sent a current through water to ignite alcohol‚ made the first battery‚ ignited gunpowder‚ and much‚ much more (Bellis). He even charged wine glasses so the drinkers would receive
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exploration‚ spread of knowledge/inventions‚ end of crusades‚ rise of monarch/pope‚ end of black death in Southern Europe‚ and‚ boundaries/Geography/religions. Of this listing there are three salient reasons in particular listed below. Spread of knowledge/inventions‚ global trade‚ and the end of the Black Death in southern Europe. After reading this paper it should be evident that the 1500’s is the beginning of the modern world. Spread of knowledge/inventions is one reason why the 1500’s
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symbiotic relation the two had with each other. The trade between the two would boost both economies‚ as it would also open up many jobs in both lands. The West had new materials to work with in cooking and the like‚ while the East had things like gunpowder‚ which opened up jobs to make armaments and fireworks. The introduction to these new items both positively impacted the West and East directly through economic income gain and through the opening of new jobs that would allow the poor to learn skills
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The Silk Road’s Long Term benefits Even though the Silk Road helped people at the time‚ it’s long term benefits‚ such as a more globalized world‚ were the most important and greatest effect that the Silk Road did for mankind. The trading of expensive goods help only the people with money and the people without money and were unable to benefit from the entirety of the Silk Road trade and were hurt by it in terms of the black death. This plague is considered to be one of history’s worst epidemics
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