Genghis Khan's Vision: Empowering Mongol Queens

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Mongol Queens and their struggle for keeping their power The Mongol Empire was one of the most powerful and largest empire the world would see. Genghis Khan, the creator of the Mongol Empire had a clear view of how he wanted his empire to be. In history we can see that the creator of a new empire focus in establishing laws and a government that will protect its people as well as those who they conquered. Genghis Khan like many other ruler wanted a society in which the new generations would not suffer from the cruel traditions of their ancestors, as well to ensure that the Mongols would have a higher statues than the people they conquer, which many ruler did the same. Genghis Khan created the Yassa Law to ensure the safety of women in his empire as a way to prevent violence against them. Genghis Khan gave women an important role in the new empire by securing their safety as well by giving them power to administrate their own lands. When …show more content…

Many argues that the significances of the war against women were so great that causes the collapse of the empire. However, this is not necessarily truth, since many years after the war against women happen the empire continue to expand and conquer for several more year. Even though the war against women cannot be fully responsible for the collapse of the empire, we can see that it had some important impact that indeed contribute to the fall of the empire. The war against women was the first step Mongol rulers took in violating Genghis Khan Laws. The consequences of the war against women was not only the fact that Genghis Khan laws’ were violated, but also create a strong desire for women to gain power at any cost, which caused that women loss all their power in the end. Another consequence of the war was inter-conflicts of the royal family which create a decentralized

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