The Mongol Empire has a very interesting history‚ they were like other nomadic people they lived on the high steppe lands in central Asia and by 1206 C.E. things had changed dramatically. The document “Marco Polo on the Mongol Military Tactics” brings a lot of questions and interest. For example what was the relationship between the Mongol’s environment and the establishment of their empire‚ why were the Mongols so successful and how did their background help them build their empire? It seems that
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In various times Mongols have been equated with the Scythians‚ the Magog and the Turkic peoples. Based on Chinese historical texts the ancestry of the Mongol peoples can be traced back to the Donghu‚ a nomadic confederation occupying eastern Mongolia and Manchuria. The identity of the Xiongnu is still debated today. Although some scholars maintain that they were proto-Mongols‚ the fact that Chinese histories trace certain Turkic tribes from the Xiongnu complicates the issue.[10] The Donghu‚ however
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DBQ Chapter 12 The role of Mongol dominance in the integration of Eurasia was an important role because of inventions‚ their ideas‚ and the politics. The inventions of the Mogols helped to turn them into a huge melting pot. In document 4 we learned of their invention of the passport. This allowed people to move to travel around the empire easier with less hassle. While they moved they carried their ideas and told other about them which cause that to spread causing many diverse ideas among the
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Amber Halbert DBQ The Mongols along with the Tang and Song Dynasties of China have a significant amount of customs and achievements that reflect their values. The Chinese Empire was very prosperous during the Tang and Song Dynasties and the Mongolian Empire due to their achievements and customs. These achievements and customs very much reflect on Chinese and Mongol values. With the many customs of the Chinese Empire‚ the practices of Confucianism came along. The teachings of Confucius
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1. Nomadic expansion has affected history in many ways. When nomadic groups expand they take over different peoples sometimes even destroying empires‚ like in the case of Assyria and Harappa. Expansions have also called major movements in population. When an empire flourishes more people move to the empire than move away from it making it a center of population increase. They have also spread technology; especially things that help in warfare‚ established trade among empires‚ and helped get world
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The Mongols were an Empire that existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and at their height were considered the largest contiguous land empire in history. They had many influential effects on the world including that they forever changed the map of the world‚ changed the course of leadership in two religions‚ opened intercontinental trade‚ produced new nations‚ and impacted history indirectly in an innumerable number of other ways. The Mongols were very effectual at what they did and that’s
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The leaders of the Mongol Empire were definitely better at some aspects of ruling than others. One section they are known for is their violence and rapacity in their military. However‚ the Mongol’s violence brought more harm than good when compared to the economic practices of the empire. 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
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“Eight hundred years ago‚ during the 13th Century‚ a small tribe from the grasslands or steppes of central Asia conquered much of the known world” (background essay). Most of the world called the Mongols “barbarian” referring to people who lived beyond the reach of civilization‚ people who savage‚ evil. Were they barbarians spreading death and destruction‚ or is there more to the story? Cultures had both expanded through conquest and changed the dynamics of regions. The Mongols were important for
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Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of Mongol rule on TWO of the following regions: China Middle East Russia 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. When the Khubilai Khan and his Mongols came for China‚ they did so with great force
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A European Assessment of the virtues and vices of the Mongols 1. What might the qualities of the Mongols that Piano Carpini emphasizes tell us about his own society and its values or shortcomings? The qualities of the Mongols such as the arrogance‚ the lies‚ and cruelty towards those that are not of their own is not as common in Carpini’s society as it is in the Mongol society. 2. How are the Mongol virtues he extols linked to the achievements of the Chinggis Khan and the stunning Mongol conquest
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