the trust of one of the most powerful men in history: Kublai Khan. The book outlines the assimilation of one man into Mongol culture. The Mongols were very accepting of other cultures so cases like these are far from rare. One other example is the Flemish Monk Willem van Ruysbroeck’s first hand account of the Mongols. In both pieces of literature you see the culture of the Mongol Empire completely awe the travelers. The movie Marco Polo questioned whether or not all aspects of the book were credible
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Megan LeBarron Orvin 4A Global Studies 28 January 2015 Mongols DBQ Over time the Mongolian army has become synonymous with the term barbarian. The definition of barbaric is unsophisticated‚ primitive‚ and savagely cruel. These terms do not give the Mongols enough credit. I believe that they were not completely barbaric though they did have some brutal techniques. They were advanced strategists for their time period. The Mongolian army was run with a strict command and heavy emphasis was placed
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COMP Essay: Mongols vs. Aztecs The rise of the two empires of the Mongols‚ and the Aztecs‚ are similar in that they both conquered massive territories‚ but they differed in that‚ unlike the Mongols‚ the Aztec empire used a lot of ritual sacrifice to scare new territories into respecting them‚ and another difference was that the Aztec were a settled empire‚ but the Mongols were a nomadic tribe. Both the empires of the Mongols and the Aztecs were similar in that they both controlled a large
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The Mongol invasions dealt a substantial blow to established Muslim societies‚ as well as the theology and customs which made these societies unique. For a long period‚ this culture had done little but grow. The sudden encounter with these foreigners‚ deemed savage-like by many Muslims‚ challenged the foundations of their existence. A lack of respect for human life and decent practices such as monogamy characterized these new Mongol invaders. Some living through the invasions chose to hold fast
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Transformation of the Mongols The Mongols were a group of pastoral nomadic peoples whose expansion into Central Asia led to the dispersion of ideas‚ culture‚ and technology throughout the continent. Until 1206 AD‚ the Mongols were a group of warring tribes. The Mongols centralized‚ expanded and transformed under their charismatic leader‚ Genghis Khan. The Mongol empire expanded into Russia‚ Afghanistan‚ Persia‚ and Ukraine. The Mongols consumed most of Central Asia through a series of brutal
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the best and don’t care what they have to do to get there. The Mongol Empire around the thirteenth century was no exception. They took over many powerhouses of Eurasia and the Mongol Empire is considered one of the largest land empires to ever rule. Though to most the Mongol Empire was a vast and omnipotent empire‚ China and the Middle East’s economy as well as their politics experienced devastation post Mongol conquest. The Mongols were well aware of the riches they could gain from China and squeezed
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One major change during the Mongol Empire was when the death of the single ruler‚ Chinggis Khan‚ brought upon the division into four khanates‚ three of his sons and a grandson. Dividing up the empire among sons and heirs was an original tribal accordance. His son‚ Ogadei‚ was the successor of the title “Great Khan”. Each khanate ruled and continued to conquer their own sections of the Mongol Empire. One distinct change was the ultimate defeat of the Southern Song dynasty by Chinggis’ grandson
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Many different people have studied and observed the Mongols throughout history. Ruled by Genghis Khan‚ they were an empire that sought out and conquered whatever they could. Throughout their reign‚ many different opinions began to form about it. Through these different attitudes‚it can be seen that some viewed the Mongols as a admirable and respectful empire while other saw them as deceiving and ruthless. There are those regard the empire with admiration. A chronicler Muslim had the idea that
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The Mongol Essay In the 13 century a small tribe from the steppes of central Asia conquered much of the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The tribe was known as the Mongol warriors. The Mongols were ruthless and very barbaric. While the Mongols conquered many countries they didn’t care who they hurt. Even though they did benefit some of the areas that they conquered‚ they did too many bad things that over powered the good things. Their law was very confusing and at some parts it was unreasonable
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DBQ: Mongols Central Question: How did the Mongols accomplish the conquest of such a large territory within such a short period of time? Core Points are: Acceptable thesis Uses all or all but one document Supports thesis with evidence from documents Understands basic meaning of documents. Analyzes bias or point of view in at least two or three documents Analyzes documents by grouping them in one‚ two or three ways Identifies one type of appropriate additional document. Document 1
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