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Soldiers, large like mountains and swift like the wind. Men of terror with combat strength, all these describe the Mongol Empire. The game, Civilization V, is a good tool to learn certain things about history, although when playing the game, certain aspects of the game are different than the way history actually unfolded. In my Civilization game, the results were very different than what the actual Mongols accomplished. My game was only similar to Mongol history in that I was a south conquering

Mongol Civilization Paper Final By: Julia O’Brien The Mongols were a group of nomadic tribes of east-central Asia who were united in the 13th century by Genghis Khan. (Collier, P.F. Collier's Encyclopedia)The Mongol civilization continued to grow, prosper, and become more powerful. There are many similarities and differences that are present in my narrative of the Mongol civilization to what happened in real life. These similarities include both the video game and the real life Mongols having the

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

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

Genghis Khan was born between the years of 1155 and 1167. At birth he was named Temujin which meant “finest steel”. He was the eldest son of his mother and the third of his father Yesugei who was a minor Mongolian chieftain. He was sent to live with his future wife Borte’s clan but he soon came back as his father had been poisoned by the Tatars. He took over his father’s responsibilities as leader, but he was not accepted by the other members of the clan, because he was so young. They deserted him

Shakespeare 's tragedy, Macbeth, follows a man’s bloody rise to power, which hinges on murder of the Scottish king named Duncan. In my opinion, the play 's most memorable character is the wife of this man, Lady Macbeth. Similar to her spouse, Lady Macbeth 's lust for power plunges her into madness. So much so that Lady Macbeth turns to witchcraft transforms herself into an desexualized evil spirit to quench her thirst to become a man. The play is filled with moments when characters reveal vital information

rule and was officially established under Ogodei Khan. The network included post houses located every few miles, between which messengers would ride their horses pass off the messages to each other. When Marco Polo traveled in the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century, he claimed that the Mongols maintained up to 10,000 relay stations and 200,000 horses in the Yam (Strayer 347). Each messenger was considered an official representative of the Great Khan, and was eventually issued a tablet called a paiza

The Mongols and Genghis Khan The Mongols are known for their brutal conquest and military, but why were they so influential to world history if they only destroyed cities and empires? 1000 C.E. Nomadic people emerged from Inner Asia, attacking settled people along the borders. Genghis Khan emerged bringing tribes and clans together by 1206; they began their first expansion against Xiaoxia and The Chin Empire.1 Many believe they were barbaric and destructive but the were actually cultural patrons

The 2007 Russian film Mongol begins with a weary, imprisoned Temudjin (also known as Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest continuous land mass in all of history) narrating his life from inside a prison cell. He flashes back to his childhood, where the viewer sees a young Temudjin stop at a tribe’s resting site while he, his father, and his father’s friends are journeying to the Merkits. The Merkits are a rival tribe that Temujin 's father stole Temujin’s mother from years prior

China and Japan were two of the most significant East Asian civilizations in pre-modern world history. China is a large country bordered by Mongolia and North Korea with many geographical features including deserts, a plateau, rivers, a plain, and is surrounded by three major bodies of water. China’s pre-modern history began with in 1600 BCE with the Shang Dynasty, and ended in 1911 with the Qing Dynasty. Different forms of philosophy impacted social structures, and everyday life of Chinese citizens