The Mongols came to power under the rule of Chinggis Kahn due to Chinggis partnering up with a more powerful nomad group who owed his tribe a favor. With the aid of another group, he sought revenge on the tribe who enslaved him. After winning several attacks, Chinggis began gaining a good reputation which culminated into multiple groups appointing him the khagan, supreme leader, over the Mongols in 1206, which led to the Mongols uniting under one ruler and proceeding to conquer nation after nation.…
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 most of Eurasia. Genghis Khan had a rough childhood his father died when he was a teen but that made him into a good ruler. The capital of his empire was Karakorum. Genghis Khan army’ was divided into 10 groups 10 people per unit, these people rode around Asia to deliver mail. It was also said that a man can walk around with a gold block on his head, and will not get robbed that's how save Asia was. One interesting fact was he was born holding a blood clot in his hand which means one day he will be a great ruler the prophets were right. One invention used by his kingdom were spears laced with poison they were given to horse rides to stab the enemy.…
The Mongol leaders also contributed greatly to their success. Khan (known as Great Khan), the very powerful military leader, didn’t tolerate the defiance of others “if you do not obey the command of Heaven, and run counter to our orders we shall know that you are our foe,” (Doc: 9). This statement is a response to the Pope, another powerful leader. The Pope recognizes the force which Khan is using “with a fury still unabated you do not cease from breaking the bonds of natural ties, sparing neither sex nor age, you rage against all indiscriminately with the sword of chastisement” (Doc: 8). This reestablishes the brutal force that Khan is using to benefit himself by leaving no survivors to spread information or become his enemies. Chinggis Khan was also a brutal leader, “he sent soldiers out against those of…
them but are ambushed by the Mongol's main army. This tactic had been used before, by other…
During the 12th century, the great ruler Temujin, soon to be known as Genghis Khan, arose. He fought to join clans, and become Khan, or ruler. New strategies and ideas were enforced after having Genghis Khan as ruler such as tribal cavalry, and mobile tactical teams in the military. Over the next three decades, he led a constant military…
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.…
Documents 1,2, and 7 are written to tell of the rapid conquests of the Mongolian Empire and which ones they conquered. In the first document, Genghis Khan set out to fight the people of Cathay, or the Chin Empire, according to Mongol Oral Traditions. He took one major city and then another called Hsuan-te-fu. The major part of the document is written About a commander, Jebe, leading his army into a fortress at Chu-yung Kuan using trickery. The second document, to paraphrase, speaks of a firsthand account by monks in Russia about the Tartars (Mongols) going into their land and conquering Ryazan, their land, in less than a year and doing so savagely. The 7th document is an eyewitness account about how Genghis Khan reacts to tribes rebelling. These documents show that the Mongolians were lethal killers and showed no mercy. Mongol Oral Traditions believe that Jebe, Genghis Khan, and the Mongolian army are clever because they use trickery to conquer others. I do not…
Around 1200 CE, a Mongol khan (clan leader) named Temujin unified the clans under his leadership. His…
Conditions were bearable in the winter and thriving in the summer. The Nomads devoted their entire life to taking care of the animals. Consequentially, this devotion made the Mongols vulnerable and somewhat weak in the early years of their development. The tribes depended on alliances because they had to depend on others to survive. Therefore, there was a great bond between tribes. Furthermore, this all changed when a charismatic leader, Genghis Khan, came to power and united the Mongol tribes in the Thirteenth Century. Genghis Khan’s coming to power was one of the most remarkable events in history. In 1167, Genghis Khan was born under the name Temujin. His father was the leader of the Kiyad sub-clan and also controlled a small group of clans. After his father was killed by a rival clan group of the Mongol’s, Temujin was forced to assume power over his father’s tribe. However, because of this young age, Temujin was not trusted and he, his step-brothers, and his mother were forced into a life of hardship. In the beginning, he had little political power and few followers. Soon, Temujin was…
They were ingenious with their tactics in fighting and bold in trying methods of war that were uncommon or not previously used before. During the thirteenth century, a story went around and was later recorded about how Chinggis Khan, the leader of the Mongols, wanted to conquer the Chin Empire in Northern China. Using trickery, faking retreat and then advancing on them, the massive Mongol army was able to accomplish this conquest. (Document 1) The legendary explorer Marco Polo, studied the…
1. Genghis Khan brought forth the great Mongol empire from groups of steppe nomads in…
They justified Genghis Khan's success in warfare by claiming that he was the rightful master not only over the "peoples of the felt tent" but the entire world. Genghis Khan continued organizing. He improved his military organization, which was also to serve as a mobile political bureaucracy, and he broke up what was left of old enemy tribes, leaving as ethnically homogeneous only those tribes that had demonstrated loyalty to him. He created a body of law that he was to work on throughout his life. The kidnapping of women had caused feuding among the Mongols, and, as a teenager, Temujin had suffered from the kidnapping of his young wife, Borte. After devoting himself to rescuing her, he made it law that there was to be no kidnapping of women. He declared all children legitimate, whomever the mother. He made it law that no woman would be sold into marriage. The stealing of animals had caused dissension among the Mongols, and Genghis made it a capital offense. A lost animal was to be returned to its owner, and taking lost property as one's own was to be considered thievery and a capital offense. Genghis regulated hunting - a winter activity - improving the availability of meat for everyone. He introduced record keeping, taking advantage of his move years before to have his native language put into writing. He created official seals. He created a supreme officer of the law, who was to collect and preserve all judicial decisions, to oversee the trials of all those charged with wrongdoing and to have the power to issue death sentences. He created order in his realm that strengthened it and his ability to…
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is a systematic history of one the world's greatest leaders and empires. It abolishes misconceptions about the Mongol Empire and challenges Eurocentric ideas of history. It dispels the innate stereotype that Genghis Khan and the Mongols were bloodthirsty barbarians and show them in a new light as the truly innovative fighters and just, progressive leaders they were. Although he came from humble beginnings, the son of a kidnapped woman and raised in a yurt. Genghis Khan gained power…
Born with the name Temujin, but better known as Genghis Khan the Mongolian great leader. Deserted from his father before the age of ten, Khan had a rough life growing up. Many knew him for being unmerciful and shrewd. With the strive Genghis Khan had, made him and his generals have brilliant tactics. The right mindset allowed the Mongols’ become so successful, “Khan was brave and respectful and cared.” (Eyewitness, N.D.). With the respect and brave characteristics Khan was able to succeed many achievements in the Mongol era.…
While it is often said that history is told from the point of view of the victors, this does not pertain to the Mongols. Being…