Mongol Barbaric Dbq

The positive aspects of the Mongol conquest were surprisingly vast and extensive. The Mongols helped unify an expansive empire through a network of communication channels- inspired from the posts of their military. This system spread across Asia and Europe, a larger area than any empire thus far had to control. Also, the Mongols were peaceful with these conquests, being open to religious practices of the conquered. This, possibly, was in accordance to their ruler, Chinggis Khan, who often preached about a lenient rule for cultures out of respect as he often respected the practices of those he conquered. To continue, the Mongols helped unify the empire through a writing system and mail system, which they called “Yam”. On the other hand, the Mongols were also very destructive and brutal in regards to their conquests. The Mongols pillaged and destroyed cities, raping the women and killing most of the men. They only kept the highest

The Mongols were not and possibly have never been barbaric. Cruel, yes but never savages. They were a community who was disciplined, who had laws, and who had control of a great army.

In this trial we witnessed how the Mongol empire affected the lives of people in Eurasia. As a jury member of the trail of Genghis Khan, I have decided that the mongols were civilized due to the religious tolerance, advancements and stimulation of trade.

The Middle ages was the time of revolutionizing, war, and the mongols peak. . Although the Mongols were considered barbarians, people who l the reach of civilization Referring to being evil. they were very civil. They had a skilled army, were adaptable, and had a set of laws.

One of the most well known barbaric tribes was the Mongols from China, led by the powerful Genghis Kong. Accoring to Document A, Genghis Kong and his army conquered the largest amount of land of any world conquest from the time period. They covered

Throughout history, various peoples have been considered harsh, violent, and uncivilized. One empire well known for its either barbaric or kind nature, are the Mongols. Based on the documents, the attitudes of various people towards the Mongols in Eurasia from the 13th century to the 14th century were positive, neutral, and negative.

Based on documents and evidence from the Mongols DBQ packet and lessons learned in class the Mongols should not be considered “barbaric”. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, an online dictionary source, a barbarian is defined as: “a person who has no experience of the habits and culture of modern life, and whose behavior you therefore consider strange or offensive”. The Mongols were great conquerors of their time and under the rule of Genghis Khan captured 4,860,000 square miles ranging from Japan to Europe (Document 1). Since the Mongols travelled to many foreign countries the people in those places felt that the Mongols aggressive manor did not line up with their social codes and rules.

The Mongols. Barbaric, warlike invaders. They terrorized Asia for over a century, plundering cities, and destroying those who did not submit. But was there another side to the mongols? The same people who destroyed entire populations were the enforcers of punishment against wrongdoings. Plunderers who valued merchants. Conquerors who accepted religions of the places they conquered. Infact, “Barbarian” was deriver originally from the greek word “barbos” meaning Foreigner. Was mongol rule beneficial to Asia and eastern Europe? 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 China, Commerce, and Laws about marriage, drinking, and more.. Were the barbarians

The Mongols were barbaric because of how they lived. This tribe lived in a manner as if they were outside the reach of civilization which is a definition of the word “barbarian”. For example, in the backround essay, it writes, “They knew little about mining and cared nothing about farming. They were nomadic people who lived off the meat, milk and hide of horses, and the meat and wool of sheep,” (119). This evidence shows that the Mongols did not focus on the building of civilization or long term living but on surviving now and hunting animals for what they need.

Despite however civilized some thought the Mongols were, they were barbaric for three distinct reasons: they used psychological warfare to manipulate the minds of their enemies; even worse, they caused mass destruction to many cities/countries in the Eastern Hemisphere during leader Genghis Khan’s rule; however, most catastrophic of all, they killed about 40 million people throughout their reign (Andrei). According to the online dictionary, barbaric can be defined as savagely cruel and/or exceedingly brutal. If destroying innocent people’s homes and killing tens of millions of people is not barbaric, nothing is.

Beginning in 1209 and dissolving in 1368, the Mongol Empire is history’s largest contiguous land empire. Temüjin, who later earned the title of Genghis Khan, was known as the overlord of all Mongol dominions and it was his leadership that brought the Mongols out of the plains and into Eurasia, which it conquered with advanced archery skills and military techniques. I believe history should judge the Mongols positively because of their leadership and military successes, the aspects of Mongol society, and the cultural exchange the Mongols facilitated.

The Mongols were barbaric in the terms that whenever they conquered land it required a lot of violence, but it was productive since they had more square miles than other world conquests (Document A). Mongols strategy was barbaric to the extent that they kill you even if you are not at fault.

The 13th century was the time of the Mongols, a nomadic barbaric tribe capable of brutal tasks. They were known to have conquered places in Asia and Europe, successfully making the largest empire in the time. Feared by many and known for their cruel ways of warfare but a question remains, how barbaric were the barbarians? With evidence it can be proven that the barbarians were not as barbaric as people think.

The word “Barbarian” translates to the Greek word “Barbaros”, this word just meant foreigner. I personally the Mongols were very barbaric. They just are violent, they kill, and have no objective. They conquer and kill as many people as they need to just to own land. They are very violent and have no souls regarding killing women and children.

The start of the Mongol Empire began as a system of nomadic pastoralists who were extremely well experienced horsemen and traveled with their flocks of sheep, goats, cattle, and horses over the vast steppes of the prairielands of Central Asia. At the start of the Mongols rise to supremacy was the formation of tribal coalition known as “All the Mongols” (Saunders 1971) While the early tribal coalition was successful at establishing itself as a power in Manchuria and North China, it wasn’t until the rise of a well-known figure did the Mongols ascend to a force to fear and respect. That