RSP: Competition Essay Competition has played a huge role in history. You can say that it derived from human instinct as we compete to survive. Competition‚ by itself‚ has given history its wars‚ invasions‚ falls‚ etc. In other words‚ competition is the catalyst of history. In my perspective‚ competition can be derived from wealth‚ religion‚ and innovations. These three words alone are the reasons many empires thrived in history. They may be simple‚ but sometimes simplicity can be the ultimate sophistication
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years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They had to change their route because a war had began. Nicolo and his brother reached Bukhara where they stayed for three years. Kublai Khan the great Mongol Emperor heard about them and invited them to visit him. So‚ Nicolo and Maffeo crossed the Gobi
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Kublai Khan was a ruler during the thirteenth century. He was a Mongol dreamer‚ visionary‚ and had the desire to unite different nationalities‚ religions‚ and cultures together under the Yuan Empire. Kublai Khan was a great sympathizer for the Chinese people‚ even though he was Mongolian by birth. He didn’t necessarily always trust the Chinese people‚ but he was fascinated with their traditions‚ culture‚ and arts. Conservative Mongolians would get offended and would repeatedly cause Kublai Khan problems
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and that those who commit evil acts should be punished. In order to ease the strain on the poor Zhu ordered a full scale registration of cultivated land and population so that labor service and tax could be assessed more fairly. Zhu also welcomed Mongols in his Dynasty. One of Zhu Yuanzhang’s main concerns was to restore agricultural production‚ which had been interrupted during the war. He encouraged farmers that had fled during the fighting to come back and open up new land. Zhu also advocated
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Empires and Their Destructive Tendencies Since the beginning of history‚ empires have followed a similar trend that usually lead to their downfall. It was not until roughly the seventeenth century that nations were able to acquire the skills necessary to maintain a country. Because of this‚ the majority of empires in early history eventually fell due to the lack of focus on political responsibilities‚ such as the appointing of corrupt‚ power-hungry tyrants and their determination to expand their
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Beijing and pushed the empire towards northern China. His success as Khan helped as people got the impression that he had the Mandate of Heaven and that fighting against him was fighting heaven itself. The people of surrounding empires recognized the Mongol authority and agreed to pay tribute. And similar to the tribute system of the Tang and Song Dynasties‚ relations were kept peaceful because of this system. During this Pre-Imperial Mongolian time‚ they expected the conquered people to pay some
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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant that had an extraordinary life. As a young adult‚ Marco would begin a monumental journey that would span continents and would solidify his place in history. His story would become wildly popular and spark many imaginations when it was dictated to and written down by Rustichello da Pisa‚ in The Travels of Marco Polo (c.1300). Along with his father and uncle‚ Marco set out for the seat of Kublai Khan at Khanbaliq‚ Cathay. During the 17 years Marco was in Kublai’s
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Throughout the 13th century world‚ the Mongols constantly showed displays of continuous violence‚ drinking‚ brutality and unfair treatment. They were considered to be savages‚ and people who lived far beyond what we would know as a “civilized world.” They single handedly became one of‚ if not the most powerful empires to have existed‚ building their empire through violent and barbaric manors. The Mongols were very barbaric people‚ for they portrayed many inhumane and mannerless actions while their
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Compare/Contrast Rome Roman and Mongol Empire are renowned for their vast territory. However structural problems had been visible in them even at the height of their power‚ which later on led to a decline. Even though the two societies were ascendant in different historical periods‚ there were some similarities between the cause of their demise. Nonetheless‚ these are some factors that led to the decline of Rome; financial military exhaustion‚ failure of leadership‚ separate and independent
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The Mongols ruled China and Russia‚ yet the effect of their rule in China and Russia‚ while in some ways similar‚ was quite different‚ politically and economically. Genghis Khan‚ born in the 1770s‚ was elected khagan (a title of imperial rank) of all Mongol tribes in 1206. Kubilai Khan‚ Genghis Khan’s grandson‚ was the commander of the Mongol forces responsible for the conquest of China; he became khagan in 1260. Kubilai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty. Batu‚ the ruler of the Golden Horde of the dynasty
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