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What Is The Truth About The Mongols Being Barbaric

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Isabella Poma Mr. Schuster World History H 11 October 2017 The Truth about the Mongols The Mongols were a nomadic group that originated in China which was able to spread and conquer numerous empires. They have previously been characterized as barbarians, meaning they were uncivilized, crude, and primitive people. However, although their leader, Genghis Khan, was a very ruthless and violent man, this does not equate the Mongols to being barbaric. The Mongols, led by Genghis Khan, were a civilized and serious society, militarily sophisticated, and positively affected trade in Europe. 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 …show more content…

They were able to build saddles with the technology that allowed them to sleep while riding horses, so they were able to continue moving throughout the night. And they brought more than one horse per soldier so that traveling was continuous without having to take breaks as each horse would need to rest. In addition, the Mongols were able to make use of a horse 's’ resources using them to make clothes and armor. Even going as far as learning how to slit their necks for blood to drink during their travels without harming the horse enough to make it stop. There is no question that the leaders of the Mongols including Genghis Khan led their men to use a horse’s resources and helped to develop everyone’s skills when riding them. Mongols continued their creativity by using gunpowder in weapons. Gunpowder, something originally made by the Chinese, was never used as weaponry before, instead, they were used for more entertaining purposes such as fireworks. Because the Mongols used the gunpowder in an innovative and new way, they were extremely difficult to beat in battle. The Mongols further displayed their creativity when Genghis Khan used rhyming to help illiterate and uneducated soldiers recall rules that they had to follow. One of these rules was to account for and give honor to all soldiers who had fought against an enemy dead or alive. When in battle and the country they faced was defeated, fighters looted every piece of property

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