In 1167 a boy named Temuchin was born, and little did he know that one day, he would become the greatly feared and inspiring leader of the Mongolians, known as Genghis Khan. There is much controversy about whether or not these nomadic people, who have very bloody hands, are either barbaric or if they just knew how to get what they wanted. Although the Mongolians have killed many thousands of people, and most innocent, you have to put yourself in their shoes and try to understand why they did the things they did. For example in 1221 the Mongols attacked Nishapur, Persia, and they killed around 1,747,000 people (Doc 4), but how could anyone call them barbaric, if no one knows their reason, and we don’t even know it is the truth, all
The mongols were no doubt the worst. They were complete and absolute savages. They would rip kids out of pregnant women, destroy whole city states for no reason and were just extremely feared. If there was one mongol and five warriors the other warriors would be more scared and/or worried then the mongol. Islamic historian-para two line one and two, slay women that were pregnant and their unborn children.
Mongols were not barbaric because they had a civilized society that was primarily formed by their leader. Genghis Khan was not only able to create a
The Mongols accomplished the conquest of such a large territory within such a short period of time by having amazing methods of war, how quickly they conquered other empires, and their advanced technology. How they quickly conquered other empires, large and small, is shown in documents 1 and 2 as they were written about which tribes/empires they conquered and document 7 speaks of what made Genghis Khan and his army mad. Their efficient methods of warfare were shown in document 4, which is about how the army was arranged, and documents 8 and 9 in which they are letters from the Pope Innocent IV about how Genghis Khan destroyed empires and people and a reply about why he did this. Documents 3 and 5 are written from outsiders’ perspectives
In the 13th century, roughly 800 years ago, a group of nomadic, horseback riding warriors known as the Mongols roamed the steppes of Central Asia. Originating from the simple life of yurts (a round moveable house) and their remarkably limited amount of personal belongings, the Mongols clawed their way to being rulers of a vast empire, stretching from Asia to Europe. However, their methods in doing so is considered by some to be barbaric and others to be not barbaric. Which leads us to the question of--how barbaric were the Mongols? By definition, “barbarians are people who live beyond the reach of civilization, people who are savage, evil” (Background Essay). On the other hand, civilization
About eight hundred years ago, during the thirteenth century a tribe from the grasslands of Asia conquered a great part of the world. The Mongols were illiterate and their history is complex to tell due to the lack of writing and their very complex language but it can be said that the Mongols were barbarians and brutal in the way that did what was necessary to conquer.
Everybody knows that the Mongols were not pleasant people and that they had a reputation of being vicious murderers, but were they really that bad? There is certainly a lot of evidence that would prove that they were barbarians. The mongols weren’t really that big of a problem until Genghis Khan came into the picture. He organized the Mongols into an army, a very powerful one at that. He wanted to conquer and get land.
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.
Even after all of this, the Mongols are not barbaric. During a time span of 1220-1258, the Mongols invaded multiple countries and it was reported from varied sources that there were millions of deaths. In document 4 written by Ata-Malik Juvaini, he described multiple ways of how the Mongols killed these people.
The Mongolians in the 1200s were very barbaric. Throughout most of their endeavors have been mostly detailed violence. If anything a better word to describe the Mongols were savages. These ancient warriors conquered and pillaged almost everything of the known world in the 1200s. They were violent and brutal in their journey to expand and conquer.
The ancient Mongols were often labeled as barbarians and savages. During their takeover from 1100 to 1300, the Mongols were fierce warriors and showed little mercy to their enemies. This can often be mistaken for barbaric, but there is a fine line between barbaric and powerful. The Mongols were barbaric in some areas, but they were also powerful in so many more.
The Mongols were called barbaric are they really they may have destroyed cities and villages but they were human to the fought with smarts and brawn they are strong they did everything civilized they ate they had the life of normal citizens yes they may have killed like barbarians but they fought like humans nothing was going to stand in their way they are humans they try their best they seem barbaric they have the heart of
Mongolian conquests and invasions devastated affected areas and left survivors terrified. To all areas they have invaded including Tangut cities, Novgorod, and Nishapur, Mongols treated inhabitants harshly and most of the time, killed them (Doc.1, 2, 3, 6). Monks
In conclusion, the Mongols were not a civil colonization but more a barbaric harsh armada conquering
Throughout the 13th century world, the Mongols constantly showed displays of continuous violence, drinking, brutality and unfair treatment. They were considered to be savages, and people who lived far beyond what we would know as a “civilized world.” They single handedly became one of, if not the most powerful empires to have existed, building their empire through violent and barbaric manors. The Mongols were very barbaric people, for they portrayed many inhumane and mannerless actions while their empire lasted, causing death destruction and the downfall of all of the land they took over.
Genghis Khan, or Temujin, as he was referred to in his early life, was born around 1167 into the pastoral nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols. Mongolian life was centered on several fragmented tribes that continuously fought each other, led by individual khans. “Temujin enjoyed years of successful conquest in these tribal wars” (Adler and Pouwels, 239-41). At the age of sixteen, Temujin married Borte, a woman from another tribe. “Temujin married Borte, cementing the alliance between the Konkirat tribe and his own.” ("Biography.com"). Temujin was greatly feared among the Mongols, as he was known for his ruthlessness, cunning, and his ferocity. “…by 1196 he had become powerful enough to assert personal control over all of the