C/C Essay Economically‚ both China and Russia were burdened by taxes that the Mongols inflicted upon them; however‚ their political systems were different because China’s government was ruled by Mongols and foreigners‚ whereas Russia kept their local rulers. China and Russia are similar in that the Mongols taxed their people a great deal when they took control. Mongols were typically very destructive when taking over a civilization‚ but when a civilization surrendered to their rule‚ they were spared
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In 1162‚ Genghis Khan was born as Temujin in central Mongolia to a mother and father who were minor Mongol nobles. At the age of nine‚ his father was murdered and Temujin was expelled from his tribe along with his mother and siblings. None in his tribe wished to continue supporting his mother and siblings after the death of his father and they were left
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The Mongol empire which lasted roughly One hundred and sixty-three years was an empire of nomadic people who were not as barbaric as other empires in their time thought they were. The Mongols ruled over the largest land than any other empire which shows that they were nomadic people which needed a mass amount of land to meet their needs. Their empire had strict laws and customs which come off very violent which led other civilizations to find them barbaric. Although they were nomads they were organized
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friar and one of the first Europeans to travel to the Mongol Empire. He wrote his History of the Mongols‚ who he called the Tartars‚ after his mission and is one of the first attempts of recording the history of the Mongols. In 1241‚ the Mongols crossed Russia and invaded Eastern Europe. They destroyed the areas of modern-day Poland‚ Hungary‚ and parts of Germany. Four years later‚ Pope Innocent IV sent a mission to try and convert the Mongols‚ but to also learn about them. The Pope chose Carpini
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skills ▪ Grew up riding horses ▪ Hone skills w/ hunting & competitive games ▪ Short bows enable archers to use while riding ▪ Stiff firing arrows reach long distances ▪ Mongol horsemen most mobile force in pre- modern world – surprise attacks on enemies o Psychology of
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ideals of society and doesn’s allow them to think how they wanna think or do what they wanna do because they feel like they are tied down and cant become free. He uses the concepts of barbarism‚ wildness‚ and blindness to make his view clear in a couple of different ways. For example‚ he uses the concept of barbarism to show how human nature makes us unable to be the barbaric people we were meant to be andn it just shows us that we need to be able to live life the way we want to without any rules
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River fell under Mongol control. This accomplishment made the Mongol empire wealthy. (Kent‚ Zachary‚
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Were the Mongols Barbarians? Heather Daniels “The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you‚ to see his cities reduced to ashes‚ to see those who love him shrouded in tears‚ and to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters.” ― Genghis Khan The Mongols were definitely Barbarians and savage in their methods. Evidence such as the appealing amounts of death they caused‚ their uncivilized lifestyle and the fact they cared more for passion and war than they did
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APWH Period 1 StateBuilding 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E. The process of statebuilding was a result of many transformations with religion‚ the ability to conquer and rule and political impacts. Although Islamic Caliphates and Mongol Khanates had different approaches with some similarities‚ they still managed to expand and build a larger empire with their strategic thinking. A majority of state building branched from religious‚ political and power of control
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period‚ both the Umayyad and Mongol empires rose to the height of their power through many similarities and differences. For example‚ both dynasties expanded by militaristic advances‚ but a single man was responsible for the rise of the Mongols and they also supported all faiths unlike the Umayyad. The Mongol founder‚ Genghis Khan‚ conquered surrounding nomadic tribes and brought them under his rule through extensive military conquest. Over the entire rise of the Mongols‚ they gained Asia‚ Russia
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