There have been several events in history that have been very significant and that mark a major turning point in history. One of these important events is the Mongol sack of Baghdad. This event brought about many instant results that severely affected the people in it. It also caused many long term effects for Baghdad and other surrounding areas. The sack of Baghdad heavily impacted the city and the people in it. Scholar educated men were tortured to death and women were abused and left on the streets to die. Mosques were destroyed and libraries were burned down. Their leader, Al Musta’sim, was beaten while wrapped in a carpet and trampled to death by mongol horses. This would be the 37th and last caliph of Baghdad. There was so much death …show more content…
With them no longer there, it affected agriculture by slowing it down which in turn slowed down population growth all throughout central Asia. The Mongols also destroyed the networks of canals which served as irrigation throughout the city, which only . Famine and plague was spread throughout Baghdad which had followed the Mongol horde. All this caused their economy to slow down which would take them centuries to recover. Before the Mongols, Baghdad was considered a major city of learning with a high level of education. It contained the House of Wisdom which was where the best scholars and professors aspired to reach. This wasn’t only a goal for Muslims from Islam but for others as well. After the Mongols, the House of Wisdom was destroyed along with all the reputation it had within it. It was left useless after being an extremely important institution. One of the main things that stayed the same was that Islam dominated the area as their religion. Even though it may have temporarily been influenced by others, to this day Islam is the dominate religion in Baghdad. Also, ever since the mongols, Baghdad has kept a reputation for being wartorn. Even
Muslim cities, both capitols and non-capitols, have a very important role in the Post-Classical Muslim society which include the spread of the Islamic faith throughout the eastern world, and Trade amongst Muslim and Non-Muslim cities. This allows them to flourish and be so much more technically advanced then other places at the time.
Many people ask “How Barbaric were the Barbarians”. The truth be told, the mongols were more barbaric than they were peaceful. They were able to conquer more than 4,800,000 miles of land using brutal and strategic military tactics, destroy and conquer cities, along with using extremely harsh punishments for their prisoners. Because of this, the mongols were able to stay in power for about 300 years. Many people believe that they mongols were more peaceful than they were barbaric because of how economically stable they were. However the mongols killed thousands and left millions terrified across Asia.
Mongol empire was the largest land empire of the world has ever seen. First began as a nomadic group of tribes. Mongols were united and emerged into an empire that conquered lands stretching from Europe to Central Asia under the rule of Genghis Khan. The Mongol empire was able to succeed in expanding, and conquering was due to their ability to adapt to any living conditions, their sheer brutality force, and their strong military organization.
When Westerners such as ourselves and people native to Europe are asked what they know of the Mongols the answer is usually ruthless barbarians intent upon world domination. After all these years you would expect that the educational points presented to the different generations in school would have given a different view of the Mongol civilization. Leaving this vision instilled upon generation after generation is detrimental to learning the different positive aspects left behind by such a powerful empire. The nomadic lifestyle that the Mongols endured empowered them to become hardy warriors. The Mongols began their conquests in response to Ghengis Khans personal missions as well as a disruption in trade and the ecology of the land upon which they inhabited.
The Mongol Empire was a very powerful which conquered more land in two years than the Romans did in 400 years. Also, they controlled more than eleven million square miles. The Mongols were very important because they created nations like Russia and Korea, smashed the feudal system and created international law, and created the first free trade zone. In the beginning of the Mongol Empire, they mostly lived in foothills bordering the Siberian forests mixing heroing and hunting. They also became really good at archery and riding horses. The main reason the Mongols came to be so powerful was all because of a man named Genghis Kahn. Genghis was born around 1162 with the name Temujin. Due to the death of his father, Temujin was left under the control of his older brothers. Soon enough, he was married to a woman named Borte. Borte was later kidnapped, in which Temujin proved his military skills when saving her. Not to long after this, Temujin became the leader of his tribe. Yet, to unite the Mongol confederations it required a civil war, which Temijun ended up winning. After proving his skills and loyalty, Temijun was declared the Gr...
The impact of the Mongol conquest of both the Islamic heartlands and Russia was extensive and long lasting. After the Mongol conquests into the regional cities of Russia, they established a long run for two and a half centuries. Russians had to pay tribute and turn over all their goods to the Mongol overlords. These peasants essentially became serfs as they were giving their goods for protection in turn. On the other hand, Moscow prospered despite being destroyed during the conquests. With its rebuilding, it became the tribute center for the Mongol lords, and the center for the Orthodox Church. To continue, the Mongols helped organize the Russian military and partially helped establish a political precedent of a centralized authority with little limitations to the assigned power. In the Islamic heartlands, the Mongol conquest killed the caliph and destroyed Baghdad, leaving the Muslims without a follower and capital center. In a sense, this second conquest was much harsher than the one of Russia with its violence and religious impact.
The Persian silk industry also benefited from the Mongol conquest because of the contacts that opened up with China” (DOC 6). Clearly, this proves the Mongols were civilized because the outcome of crafting new inventions such as Persian silk and canals helped improve trade, transportation, communication, and agriculture and craft production throughout China which makes the Mongols smart and civilized, not barbaric and vicious. Moreover, this is important because by opening up the Silk Road, diseases, resources, and ideas spread which influenced the Ming Dynasty and Europe. This shows the Mongols had a good influence on its conquered territories, opening up trade, spreading religion, and helping industries flourish. For example, Persian culture thrived under the Mongols control. Furthermore, by increasing trade, many people grew wealthier by obtaining new resources contributing to their economic system. According to Marco Polo, an explorer who traveled around China, he describes the Mongolian version of the Pony Express, “when one of the Great Khan’s messengers sets out along any
The third section highlights the impact the Mongols had on the World. It begins with the breakup of the empire and some changes the occurred in the Khanates that would lead to the transformation of the world. People began to take advantage of the new secure roads which lead to the migration of people, ideas, and technology. Of course trade as always been an important part of every civilization but, one small but ever so devastating item made its way into Europe from the Mongol Empire: the Black Plague, the effect the plague had on Europe didn't go unnoticed and are very well known and need no further comment. Furthermore, Weatherford also states the connections between the Mongols and the Renaissance, and the evolution of modern Europe.
The Mongol Empire was the largest land-based empire in world history during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries C.E. The Mongols protected prominent trade routes in Eurasia such as the Silk Road. This allowed for an increase in interregional trade and brought about the spread of new cultures, ideas, and technologies to Eastern Europe and other regions of the world. Due to this diffusion of technology, at the beginning of the fifteenth century a German inventor by the name of Johannes Gutenberg invented what we know now as the printing press in the Holy Roman Empire. This allowed for the mass-producing of books and papers and helped fuel the new Scientific Revolution’s idea of doubting religions and other previous ideas, accepting only
Over the years there have been many great nomadic groups, such as the Vikings and the Kievan, but no nomadic group has been more successful than the Mongols. The Mongols have had many lasting influences on Russia, China, and even Europe. The Mongols have left a mark on the European trading systems in technologies as well as in their trading systems trade routes. One thing that stayed the same throughout Europe was their many religion.
In conclusion, During the Mongols had a positive impact on the world because they introduced the freedom and spread of religion, the peaceful period, and the influence of the pony
The most asked question about the mongel conquests is why did the Mongols move out of Mongolia in the 13th century and start the conquests of the whole world, which made it the biggest contagious land empire in the history of the world? There have been many suggestions about the reasons for the Mongol eruptions from Mongolia, and although there isn’t a specific reason, there are three main pointed out causes: ecology, trade disruptions and figure of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan.
In the 13th century BC, the Mongols rose to power and conquered an empire whose size still has yet to matched. The Mongols conquered lands such as China, leaving such a lasting influence on them that their legacy still lives on. However, despite the Mongols success, their actions have left a constantly ongoing debate on whether they were barbarians, seen and portrayed by different societies of their time as people with no morale or modern civilities, or civilized people who were just feared by other societies. Although the Mongols are generally now seen as Barbarians because of their violent and barbaric war tactics they used to instill fear in people, they are actually civilized because they had a strategically organized army, and because they were accepting of the customs of other peoples. These two elements would eventually lead them to their success.
Iraq’s history is one of both prosperity and violence, and dates back to the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia. While dominated by a variety of civilizations, the region enjoyed a relatively stable society. Since the birth of Islam, the religion has been the dominant cultural belief of the region, and has made its way into the laws and ruling of the region. (InDepth Info, 2010)
grew and lasted for about 108 years until they failed by trying to conquer India and were weak the Ming Dynasty overthrew the rulers. The Mongols were not afraid to kill. If one person refuses to do something for them their whole clan will pay, they would leave no survivors. That's what helped make them so successful, many had heard about their gruesome approach and surrendered and accepted submissions. The Mongolians of the Asian Steppe had a positive impact on the world during their rule of the Asian continent from 1206 to 1368 by influencing trade, warfare and uniting China.