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Some people say the Mongols were and still to this day are the most feared and successful army in the history of the world. Those people would be right and in this essay i'm going to talk about their military and all the people that ruled this great empire. Also how after almost 200 years of rule it fell apart.
The Mongols controlled between 11 and 12 million contiguous square miles witch according to the article Genghis Khan on History.com it states the Mongols briefly ruled most of modern-day Russia, China, Korea, southeast Asia, Persia, India, the Middle East and eastern Europe. Which is pretty insane that is like 28% or more of the entire world and this is in the middle ages they rode horses and used bows and swords. It is also said that they killed somewhere around 40 million people that is 10% of their population at the time.
Genghis Khan is the first ruler and the one who started the whole thing the military and everything else was him also it is said that 8% of men are distantly related to him and this is because he was said to rape some of the women is the cities they took over. People would think he lead this big …show more content…

According to the article "Mongol Empire." New World Encyclopedia if the rider in front of you dropped something from his horse and you didn't get off your horse to pick it up it was a sign of disrespect and they would apply a death penalty. Also on "Mongol Empire." New World Encyclopedia it is said that a man was eligible to train in the army from 15 to 60 and because of this a boy his father and his grandfather could all be fighting at the same time. I couldn't even imagine being 60 and fighting in a war and the tight discipline made the Mongol Empire extremely safe and well run European travelers were amazed by the organization and strict discipline of the people within the Mongol

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