1. What did the Russian and Qing Empires have in common, and how did these common features affect the relationship between the two?…
After Muhammad’s death, there was quarreling between his followers over who should succeed him. The afternoon that he died, a caliph, or religious successor to Muhammad, was designated. Abu Bakr was chosen for his warmth, courage, and wisdom. He knew that which Bedouin tribes could be turned against each other and which could be enticed into alliances.…
Analyze the changes in the European economy from about 1450 to 1700 brought about by the voyages of exploration and colonization.…
Mongols- Central Asian nomads who smashed Turko-Persian kingdoms and captured Baghdad in 1258 century CE and killed last Abbasid caliph…
great power. Two of which were China and Russia. In China, affected when the Mongols took…
The Mongols were fearsome and savage fighters, but had smart and loyal political leaders that gave their small population power. Some of the smartest and loyal leaders were in Persia and china both being at the top of political structures. However the Mongols in china had different beliefs of trusting the natives to have power in politics than the Mongols in Persia did. The political structures in both china and Persia promoted strong merchant trade helping the economy, which made them wealthy strong territories.…
During 13th century, the Mongols ruled both China, and Russia. The Mongols had similar and different political and economic effects on these regions. For example, the Khans chose a Russian ruler to take the position as Grand Prince and gave them the authority over other rulers. In contrast, the Mongols gave native Chinese no power within their government, but in fact they brought in Arabs, Europeans, and Persians to help them rule. In addition, during the Yuan Dynasty circa 1279, Kublai Khan insinuated himself into Chinese society by establishing an economic and political system that was familiar to the Chinese such as Confucianism. While in Russia entirely new governmental and economic systems were put into place and Russia became a feudal state. The Mongols also had similar effects, for example, in both regions the Mongols made a positive impact on their economies. They secured important trade routes within the region and contributed their effective trade techniques. Safer Russian trade routes and the Silk Road brought prosperity to these regions.…
2 - What were some of the changes that took place in Europe between the years 1000 and 1492, and why did those changes lead to European exploration and overseas expansion? During the eleventh and fourteenth century, Europe had radical social and economic issues. The old-fashioned world which was extremely regulated society was totally feudalism, during which all of the people had their place and responsibilities. The manorial system, in which the lords owned all the land worked by their serfs, began to decline in the late Middle Ages with the growth of nation-states.…
The Mongols created peace and unity during their 108 years of ruling from 1260A.D.-1368A.D. Genghis Khan controlled from the Black sea in the west to the Pacific ocean in the east while stretching from Russia in the north to the Himalayas in the south(from The Rise of the Mongols worksheet). Genghis Khan’s grandson Kublai Khan controlled from Europe in the west to the Pacific ocean in the east. Evidence that the Mongols had an almost entirely positive impact on the area they controlled is the creation of Pax Mongolica, and International trade.…
In the years between 1100 and 1400 the Mongol empire stretched the farthest of any empire throughout history. Within the massive land under Mongol rule laid the lands of China and Russia. The Mongols knew how to maintain their empire but had different ways of doing it in each part. This lead to the separate, divergent ways of governing the two lands. In China and Russia, the Mongol era brought an immense change in political and economical power.…
The forms of conquest and domination throughout the Middle East and Central Asia varied greatly throughout the centuries. The most successful empires were able to expand and exert their dominance through tactics that had not been utilized in previous empires. While the Umayyad and Safavid empires were powerful, the Ottoman and Mongol Empires became two of the strongest empires in the Middle East and Central Asia due to their inclusion of minorities, powerful tactics, and expansion through military force and trade.…
The Mongols were a nomadic people until 1206, when they acknowledged Temujin as the supreme leader, Genghis Khan. A huge empire was created under his rule, linking Eastern and Western Eurasia. An analysis of these documents will discuss the topic of how the Mongols expanded their empire so far in such a short time through their power of violence. This analysis will also show the admiration and respect of the Mongols by others in surrounding regions. Ultimately, this analysis will discuss how the fear from other people gave the Mongols their biggest advantage in conquering other regions to expand their enormous empire.…
The Mongols controlled an enormous section of Eurasia during their period of influence, two of their largest conquests being China and Russia. Throughout the duration of their stay, they irrevocably affected the politics and economy of those regions.…
The neighboring Byzantine and Persian empires were weak is a main point because the Muslims could defeat them more easily, as they had been fighting each other for a long time and by the time they faced the Muslims both empires were exhausted by war.…
As the Mongol Empire began around the end of the golden age, the Mongols used their merciless and violent soldiers to acquire an area larger than present day United States. Mongol khans had unified fragmented China and brought stability and order to the area. However, the Mongols, particularly under the rule of Genghis Than, had committed various large scale massacres that lowered their reputation. For example, in the 13th century, the Mongols invaded Islamic lands and killed 1.3 million people from the city of Merv and 800,000 from Baghdad. By 1294, the empire was growing weak and the Mongols lost control of Persia by 1330 and China by 1338. By the year 1370, the Mongols had lost the remainder of their empire in Central Asia and the Mongols’ violent and greedy tactic came to an end.…