The Mongols obtained many inherent skills from their nomadic ancestry and surroundings. Just north of China the lands were scattered with groups of pastoral nomads. These groups were called Tribes. The unsettled steppe lands created an environment in which those whom lived there needed to adapt to their surrounds and to make means with resources at hand. Depending on the time of the year, many tribes would migrate up and down mountain ranges and to-and-from valleys depending on the season. They contained strong ability to adapt to the elements of nature. Thus resulting in ability to have and maintain peal performance levels during battle. Due to limited resources and inability to farm and create an agricultural society, The herding of animals to hunt for food allowed for advantage in battles. Allowing them to ride longer during battle and even used herded animals in their war tactics. For instance the “nerge” which was a tactic that was originally used to herd animals, was transformed into a tactic used in battles. as tribes grew and became more competitive and aggressive it became a useful tactic. Surround the enemy so that all sides were surrounded. Nomads traded and competed for these resources survival by any means necessary. This includes defending or pillaging rival tribes in sight of resources and goods. Nomads were considered to be hunters by nature. This was necessary for survival and continuance and typically, young men would be trained from an early age. Disorder and warfare resulted in young men leave their lineages and form new alliances in search of a strong leader. Goal was to bring order, peace, and glory to their people. In this story, the families that are put together yourself are the most reliab... ... middle of paper ... ...se and the Empire. Perhaps barbarism is unltimately necessary as attaining the needs may mean doing so at any means necessary. The Mongols were barbaric in the sense that in their conquest it was inevitable that many were slaughtered, kidnapped, and stole. ADD CITATIONS to the body of the paper Citations: May, Timothy. "The Training of an Inner Asian Nomad Army in the pre-Modern Period." Journal of Military History 70.3 (2006): 617-635. Society for Military History. Web. 8 Feb. 2010. Di Cosmo, Nicola. "Stat Formation and Periodization in Inner Asian History."Journal of World History 10.1 (1999): 1-40. Project MUSE-Today's Research. Tomorrow's Inspiration. Web. 11 Jan. 2011. Dunnell, Ruth W.. Chinggis Khan: world conqueror. Boston: Longman, 2010. Print. "Dictionary.com." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 9 May 2014. .
The people that the Mongol Empire overthrew were the only ones to suffer under Genghis Khan’s homicidal ways. Khan’s army was forcibly traumatized under maniacal methods as well: “Genghis Khan ordained that the army should be organized in such a way that over ten men should beset one man and he is what we call a captain of ten. [...] When they are in battle, if one or two or even more out of a group of ten run away, all are put to death; and if a whole group of ten flees, the rest of the group of a hundred are all put to death, if they do not flee too. [...] Likewise if one or two or more go forward boldly to the fight, then the rest of the ten are put to death if they do not follow and, if one or more of the ten are captured, their companions are put to death if they do not rescue them.” (doc B) Every group of ten was expected to perform at a homog...
To start, the mongols were able to used brutal and strategic military tactics that helped them conquer more than 4,800,000 miles of land. The Mongols leader “Genghis Khan” was a very smart and strategic leader. He organized his army into groups of ten, hundred, and one thousand. If such groups runs away or flees, the entire group was put to death. Genghis Khans army was able to succeed in conquering land due to horses. His army
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The weather turned these nomads into very tough, rugged people as well. Having to deal with such cold temperatures most times of the year would turn anyone into a very stalwart person. The constantly changing storms also helped to mold the Mongolian nomads into very stout people. The heavy snows and ice on the steppe made these people into the unyielding warriors we imagine when reading about the Mongols. Drought ...
hunted with bows and arrows and as the years went on and how they trade with other tribes and
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Stewart Gordon is an expert historian who specializes in Asian history. He is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan and has authored three different books on Asia. Gordon’s When Asia Was The World uses the narratives of several different men to explore The Golden Age of medieval Asia. The fact that this book is based on the travels and experiences of the everyday lives of real people gives the reader a feeling of actually experiencing the history. Gordon’s work reveals to the reader that while the Europeans were trapped in the dark ages, Asia was prosperous, bursting with culture, and widely connected by trade. This book serves to teach readers about the varieties of cultures, social practices, and religions that sprang from and spread out from ancient Asia itself and shows just how far Asia was ahead of the rest of the world
The Mongols were a group of nomadic people who were known for not only their ferocity in battle but also their tolerance of other cultures. Over the course of their many empires, the Mongols conquered lands from as far as the Korean peninsula to the Islamic civilizations of the Middle East. The movement of the Mongol people into these areas was met with mixed opinions, as members of some societies respected the braveness of the Mongols while others saw them as destructive. According to Ala-ad-Din Ata-Malik Juvaini, 15th century Korean scholars, and Rashid al-Din, the Mongols were a group of tolerant people who attempted to eradicate injustice and corruptness (1,3,4). However, members of other societies viewed the Mongols as coldhearted and merciless because of the damage they dealt in the conquest of Russian cities and the taxes they forced upon their conquered societies (1,2). Nonetheless, some scholars and historians recognized the Mongols power and braveness, but were indifferent with their views of the Mongol civilization.
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.
Firstly, they were taught and trained from a very young age. All men over the age of fourteen were expected to undertake military duty (DOC B). By training their soldiers so young, by the time they were ready to fight, they were amazingly fast and strong which helped to conquer other lands. Second, the Mongols were very well organized which helped with communication. Organization flourished under Genghis Khan, the leader of the Mongols, control because he instituted new rules. For example, “Genghis Khan ordained that the army should be organized in such a way that over ten men should be organized in such a way that over ten men should beset one man and he is what we call a captain of ten” (DOC C). By instituting standardized methods and rules of battle to create organization, they were able to work together, as one, as a team. Everybody was on the same page, and nobody left people behind and fled. This organization united them and brought them to move like each other, learn from one another. Lastly, the Mongols were always prepared, another characteristic that added to why they were able to conquer so much land. When soldiers are prepared, they can be confident and brave. The Mongol army needed that advantage. So soldiers were equipped for travel. They were expected to carry cooking pots, dried meat, a water bottle, files for sharpening arrows, a needle ad thread and other
The Mongols were a tough, strong, and a fierce Asian group of people. Their reign
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...o raid sedentary societies what was actually done by nomads. The perspective of easy life attracted nomads from different ethnic groups and gathered them under the rule of one leader. Sedentary societies, on the other hand, understood the threat emerging from nomads and tried to use their advantage and make them dependant, often by using deceitful tricks. Sedentary societies also developed in other areas as trade and farming. Having observed military collisions between the states and foreign policy decisions they made, it is obvious that relationships were hostile and warlike. The change in dominance can also be observed as societies developed and new forms of making war occurred like China fomented conflicts between the Turks. This fact made nomad’s military power diminish when they faced the enemy not in the open battle, but in economic and political encounter.
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