these tribes will later unify to establish the powerful Mongol Empire by Temujin (Genghis Khan). The tribes consisted of Turkic and Mongol-Tungusic tribes‚ around 1103 B.C a dominant tribe emerged from the steppes known as the Mongols. The Mongols defeated neighboring nomads and unified the tribes before setting on their conquest of Eurasia and Iran. The Mongol empire was established by Temujin later known as Genghis Khan‚ starting from Central Asia with intents to expand even further. Temujin was not
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small‚ is shown in documents 1 and 2 as they were written about which tribes/empires they conquered and document 7 speaks of what made Genghis Khan and his army mad. Their efficient methods of warfare were shown in document 4‚ which is about how the army was arranged‚ and documents 8 and 9 in which they are letters from the Pope Innocent IV about how Genghis Khan destroyed empires and people and a reply about why he did this. Documents 3 and 5 are written from outsiders’ perspectives (Marco Polo
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established himself under a new name. Temuchin became Chingis Khan‚ also known as Genghis Khan. Chingis Khan translates to Universal Ruler. Genghis‚ although considered corrupt as a term variation‚ is widely known and accepted around the world. Genghis Khan upheld a belief in Animism‚ the idea that non-human things possessed a spiritual essence. Among these non-human things included animals‚ plants‚ inanimate objects‚ as well as phenomena. Many of Genghis Khan’s followers shared different beliefs and followed
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throughout Eurasia. From the time of Genghis Khan to the Yuan dynasty‚ the Mongols experienced numerous changes in their lifestyle and leadership as they strayed from their nomadic ancestry. However‚ while they experienced some changes‚ they still clung tightly to their culture until the end of the empire. Genghis Khan was the founder and emperor of the great Mongol Empire‚ and as a result‚ it became the largest contiguous land empire in all of history. Genghis Khan sought to unify the Mongols‚ and
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riding and practising their archery. Genghis Khan however changed this all when he saw that his purpose in life was to conquer world. By age twenty Genghis Khan had his wife stolen from him by a rival tribe of Mongolians. Through political manipulation he was able to unite all the tribes in Mongolia to defeat the rival tribe and win back his wife. Now with one unified Mongolia Genghis Khan had an entire army of loyal soldiers under his control. Being a wise man‚ Genghis understood that the
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in his life‚ he was given the name Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan and his army took its first serious target‚ the Chin Armies of North China. Him
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became Genghis Khan. He gained power by uniting nomadic groups in Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire‚ Genghis Khan began the Mongol invasions which led to Mongol hegemony in Asia and parts of Europe. Although Mongol invasions were violent‚ barbaric‚ and destructive‚ Mongol hegemony brought about lasting beneficial changes and created prosperity due to the Mongol commanders religious and artistic tolerance. In1207‚ a year after becoming great emperor of the Mongol Empire‚ Genghis Khan began
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subjects who would know first-hand‚ how the Mongols were able to take down entire cities so quickly and their specific strategies. The Mongols were known for forcefully invading inhabited territories. A compilation of their oral traditions talks about Genghis Khan’s conquests and how he used trickery to destroy cities and slaughter their soldiers (doc 1). This shows how brutal the Mongol warriors could be in their expansion efforts. This is further explained in a document written by Russian monks‚ who
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in their society gave them the structure they needed to conquer other people in distant lands” (docs 4 and 5). The Mongols were known for forcefully invading territories. Genghis Khan’s used trickery to destroy cities and slaughter their soldiers (doc 1). This shows how brutal the Mongol warriors could be. “Genghis Khan wiped out a whole tribe for rebelling and allowed neighboring areas to plunder what was left” (doc 7). This shows how seriously the Mongols were keeping conquered areas in line
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DBQ: Attitudes Toward the Mongols Mongol invaders from the Central Asian steppe burst into relevance in the 1200s C.E. Driven by their leader‚ Genghis Khan‚ to conquer the largest land empire in history‚ the Mongols created mixed feelings throughout Eurasia. Some had an impressed attitude‚ admiring both the ability of the Mongols to organize and protect their empire‚ as well as their great wealth. However‚ others had a loathing attitude toward the Mongols‚ who were viewed as vicious and ignorant
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