When Genghis Khan was young, his own people rejected him, making him ‘black-boned’. By uniting the Mongols and conquering large areas of Asia and China, he destroyed the power that the ‘white-bones’ have built for themselves. Based on his past history of being left by Tayichiud after his father’s death, he ruled the Mongol people differently. He valued lives and wouldn’t sacrifice them. Also, when a soldier would die, he would give the soldier’s shares to his family, ensuring that the family would be taken care of. With justice and integrity, Genghis Khan ruled powerfully. Although he killed many people and civilizations, Genghis Khan has affected the modern world with other actions. The military and mail service were of equal importance to the Mongols. Genghis Khan implemented a system with fast riders or arrow messengers. The stations were approximately 20 miles apart. It was a large chore and took about 25 families to work a station. Stations were open for public use, yet little information about stations and where they …show more content…
With caravans of silk reaching the steppes, the Mongol people began using silk to wrap everyday objects and changed ropes from rawhide to silk cords. Along with silk like items, the Mongols carried jugs of perfume. Before Genghis Khan rerouted the Silk Road, no other leader had brought the amount of goods that he had. The more things the Mongols got, the more they wanted, including land. Mongol steppes were no longer isolated. With the Silk Road, not only were things traded, but ideas and religions. Today, we “trade” differently. Instead of the trade of things to things we trade things for money. Once the Silk Road was closed, it made merchants take trade global. The Chinese Four Great Inventions, papermaking, printing, gunpowder, and the compass, sped up the development of the entire
...trospectively. The menacing creature that is Genghis Kahn went overboard to gain as much power as he did. His strategies didn’t allow failure. Unfortunately, his success was from a sociopathic standpoint. Every win by Khan, was a loss for all others. (doc D and doc F) The law codes composed by Kahn were ridiculously unjust and ignited insolence in all men. (doc K and doc N) The yam system was the only completely harmless innovation/method created by Kahn. (doc L) Meanwhile, millions of people were still systematically murdered by Genghis and his stupendous army. (doc E and doc I) All but monotheistic religions were practically snubbed. (doc H, doc G, and doc M). The Mongols will always remain the “barbarians,” for if a society were to emerge that, by some supernatural force, exceeds the brazenness of the Mongol Empire, it would be the end of the world as we know it.
strong communication system. In document 3, it says “ Other columns of stronger men they dispatched so far to the right and the left so that they are not seen by the enemy and in this way the surround them and close in and so the fighting begins from all sides” (Document 3). This piece of evidence is saying, that they had a game plan to defeat their opponents. They also had strong communication system because in document 8, it states “ (M)ore than 200,000 horses are stabled at these posts for the special use of the messengers” (Document 8). This also shows that they have post offices along roads with 200,000 horses combined. This shows the Mongols knew how to fight and how to communicate
When the word “Mongol” is said I automatically think negative thoughts about uncultured, barbaric people who are horribly cruel and violent. That is only because I have only heard the word used to describe such a person. I have never really registered any initial information I have been taught about the subject pass the point of needing and having to know it. I felt quite incompetent on the subject and once I was given an assignment on the book, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern Age, I was very perplexed for two reasons. One I have to read an outside book for a class that already requires a substantial amount of time reading the text, and secondly I have to write a research paper in History. I got over it and read the book, which surprisingly enough interested me a great deal and allow me to see the Moguls for more than just a barbaric group of Neanderthals, but rather a group of purpose driven warriors with a common goal of unity and progression. Jack Weatherford’s work has given me insight on and swayed my opinion of the Mongols.
The military exploits of the Mongols under Ghengis Khan as well as other leaders and the ruthless brutality that characterized the Mongol conquests have survived in legend. The impact of the invasions can be traced through history from the different policies set forth to the contributions the Mongols gave the world. The idea of the ruthless barbarian’s intent upon world domination will always be a way to signify the Mongols. Living steadfast upon the barren steppe they rode out of Mongolia to pursue a better life for their people.
To begin, the early conquests of the Tang in central Asia reopened the Silk Road trading routes that allowed international contacts. At the same time, the fertile lands in the south were continuing to become heavily populated, and new tools, seeds, like Champa rice from Vietnam, use of manure, soil preparation, and irrigation and cropping techniques resulted in a massive expansion in agricultural production. In terms of commerce, new ships, or junks, carried Chinese goods to other areas, an action that did not occur all that often in the past. Furthermore, market areas began to boom as a new sense of commercial organization developed in the late Tang and Song periods; markets sold local farm, artisan, and foreign products as the use of banks, credit, and, for the first time, paper money expanded China’s commercial system. There were even advancements in general technology, like the construction of new bridges and the introduction of gunpowder, and new art styles, specifically the nature landscapes that were prominent in the Song
The Chinese porcelain bowl was a symbolic representation of the growing trade with China; these decorations where becoming more common as the trade grew and the prices where able to drop – allowing the possibility for more commoners to afford it.2 Brook continues with his discussion on China and says that they where prohibited from traveling by the Europeans.2 Hence he thought them to be unintelligent and lacking technologically and linguistically, as the remainder of the exploring world developed. However, China later on began to reject the trading posts in their country and began wanting full control of their trade so they did begin to travel as encouraged by the government.2 Globalization is still a current event with all the trade agreements and contracts between countries for imports and support. Countries are all significantly interdependent as globalization has kept growing. Nevertheless, globalization has its risks and consequences as recourses in those exporting lands are not unlimited and there will be an demand that will not be able to be satisfied. As well, cross country wars are more possible as disagreements may happen between trade partners. Brook touched upon when talking about China and their change in mind.2 Globalization is complicated since there are multiple partners from different cultural and beliefs which will clash and will want what is best for their country just as the Chinese government wanted the best for them when the Europeans where taking over.2 Likewise, further proving that globalization connects countries
Several documented events in Chinese history hint that increasing aridity and drought associated with desertification presented problems to ancient peoples. In 1500 BC the ancient Chinese Yang-shao and Lung-shan cultures were overwhelmed by horse-riding people, invading from central Asia, a presumable signal of an early stage of increasing aridity and/or colder winters.3 A climate like the present one in China fostered great droughts around 1100 BC. This time marked a retraction of bamboo lines and disappearance of papyrus reeds hinting at a drying trend in climate.4 An analysis of trade and migrations can also be used as an indication that drought and desertification occurred and forced people from their place of origin. From 150 BC until AD 300, the Great Silk Road extended across Asia and acted as a mechanism for trade in luxuries from China.5 The Silk Road served as an avenue of cultural exposure and integration: introducing new languages, religions (Buddhism and Confucism), and commodities between the east and ...
Finally, one more good thing that came out of Mongol rule was that Genghis Khan rule was that he accepted all religions. He knew that he could never unite a country under one religion or the people would rebel so he saw it best to let them do their own religions. Sometimes thanks to the trading routes religions intermingled. Also thanks to these trading routes different religions reached different places.
Genghis Khan with the Mongols under his power, consequently formed most of the westward part of the world into what it is today, and wide spreading throughout nations. Genghis Khan’s role as an intelligent administrator was the most important in shaping the modern world because of his new and improved techniques of enhancing trade routes, expanding the monetary system, and promoting the importance of education and literacy. These new and improved techniques discovered by Genghis Khan, are one of many that are still used throughout the world today.
Global interaction has changed the early modern world because it brought the Americas into the world of trade system. For example, trade in luxury items across the Silk road became a world wide spread. The Silk road became a network of trades routes across Asia, North, Northeast Africa and Europe. Silk became one of the most major products traded from China due to it’s softness and luxury. The world became truly global because during 1450, the Silk Road, was an important main route to get to places, and to sell and exchange items. However, not only
First of all, social/culture changed the world because it brang Silk, grapes, Noodles, horses, and silver that people use today. Silk was traded on from the Silk Road from china. According to the NEWSELA Article, “ The main purpose of the Silk Roads was to trade goods.” They traded silk, gunpowder, compasses… Noodles and pasta were brought along because of the Silk Road. Noodles originally came from China. Marco polo traveled the Silk Road and he brang back noodles to Italy. They had traded animals for other animal. The Article also said, “ Travelers on the silk road also spread social, religious, and philosophical ideas. They learned each other's languages and exchanged technology.” These things where made in China but traded on the Silk Road.
Genghis Khan was someone who showed no remorse for the things that he did. Through the 164 years that his empire had lasted, he killed over 25 million people. It was understandable that through some battles there was going to
Today, scholars often study globalization; the term that describes a modern phenomenon of interconnected trade, global markets, and high-speed exchanges of culture. Globalization began after World War II, though began at modern rates after the fall of the USSR and the end of the Cold War (What). However, is globalization truly a modern invention? Many today argue no; that globalization began thousands of years ago. The Silk Road, the famous network of trade roads that ran from China to Europe, was the first truly global exchange (What). These trails spread thousands of miles, through new lands and with new people, and ended in faraway nations first believed to be on the edge of fantasy. In this paper the author argues that the Silk Road began
This story can be summarized by dividing the story into three major sections that represent a genealogy of the Genghis Khan ancestors, the lifestyle of Genghis Khan and the story of Genghis son and Ogodei his successor. This piece of early time’s literature was translated and edited by Jack Weatherford and it was not released until 16th February, 2010. The piece of work restores early history’s most prominent figures to the positions they rightfully deserves. It clears the picture of the nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols and it is rich with information regarding the society of the Mongols in the 12th and the 13th centuries” (Kahn, 2005).
Weatherford, J. McIver. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. New York: Crown, 2004. Print.