Compare And Contrast Great Empire And Mongol Empires

Empires have existed and vanished but the wisdom they conveyed to the world remains in humanity. The term empire has a comprehensive characterization and some frequently misconstrue the word. To some, it means hostilities against other civilizations, for some it’s dictatorship and exploiting the underprivileged, and for some it’s about the Kings and emperors in palaces living in luxury and ruling over an upward conquest. An empire is a governmental structure wherein one state governs over another state, or a succession of federations. An empire, at its core, is the dominance of a state by a different one. This notion is at the nature of the shared use of the word ‘empire’ and is as ancient as state-constructing itself. This central state turned

out to be more than simply the toughest in the region.
The Mongol Empire and the Roman Empire were two of the greatest empires formed however they are from different eras with different enemies, tactics in combat, equipment and states to conquer.

What if these two fought? Who would win? The Romans were tremendously disciplined, systematized, and well-resourced while the Mongols were enormously itinerant, adaptive, as well as ferocious. The Mongols and the Romans were both the most feared empires of their epochs and had pronounced governance but the Mongols could just bombard their opponents in the distance with one of the toughest bows produced like the Parthians.
The Mongol Empire was an empire that instigated on the outside edges, and contrary to all probabilities, overpowered enemies much more controlling and populated than it. "The core of the Mongolian Empire was the Eurasian Steppe that stretches for many thousands of kilometers from the Khingan Mountains in the east to the Carpathians in the west. The Mongols were steppe warriors, and they were able to extend rapidly their influence over this whole region." (Turchin et. al, 2006) The Mongol Empire was the leading adjacent land empire, one that created fright into all its opponents. Founded by Temujin, the Mongol military leader, who supposed the title of Genghis Khan

in 1206 C.E., the Mongols grew by gathering parts of China, as many preceding prairieland tribes had attained. On the other hand, the Romans were determined individuals. They were able to pull through from several impediments against implausible chances to join forces and conquest their adversaries. Though the Carthaginian general Hannibal nearly demolished the Romans in 216 B.C.E.after the Battle of Cannae, the Romans landed an army at Carthage to overthrow it a meagre 14 years later. The Roman multitudes were regimentally governing for centuries, empowering Rome to rule over approximately all civilized societies in the Near East and Mediterranean except the Persians for hundreds of years facing only trivial invasions by disordered tribes. "Romans had been directly involved in Greek affairs for over a century, and some had emigrated to live there. In particular, there is evidence for Roman architects at work in the Greek east in the early second century B.C., and Romans had been given permission to participate in panhellenic athletic games at least since the late 190s B.C." (Fagan, 2013) When the empire collapsed, it was further due to sustained predicament and war rather than its incursion by Germanic communities. The Eastern Empire lasted until 1453 C.E., giving the governmental history of Rome a massive two millennia time. "Roman suppression of the Achaean revolt and the destruction of Corinth in 146 B.C. can reasonably be seen as heralding a more lasting Roman presence in the area." (Fagan, 2013)
The crucial moment of the Mongols was when its diplomats were executed by leaders of Khwarazmian Empire that included Iran, Central Asia, and Afghanistan.

This was professed as a dangerous disrespect to the Great Khan and the succeeding Mongol retaliation totally worn-out Central Asia and terminated its Golden Age. Combined with the ensuing institution of European sea routes that circumvented the Silk Road, the Mongol incursions suggested the disaster of Central Asia as a significant region. "The regions inhabited by settled agriculturalists adjacent to the steppe were incorporated more slowly and to a lesser degree than the steppe. For example, the Russian principalities of the forest zone were not occupied by the steppe-dwellers, and were instead subjected to tribute. As a result, the Mongol Empire, based on the steppe, was much wider in the latitudinal rather than longitudinal direction." (Turchin et. al, 2006) Though there were only almost 2 million Mongols in the world, they consequently conquered most of Russia, Middle East, and China. Throughout their glory days, they suffered few difficulties excluding their disastrous incursion of Japan and the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260 C.E. against the Egyptian Mamluks. Notwithstanding their little population, the Mongols fielded huge militaries against their opponents because they brought their herds and sustained themselves through horse blood. "The Mongols fought in the manner of total war. The only result that mattered was

the defeat of enemies through any means necessary, including ruses and trickery. In truth they are stout and valiant soldiers, and inured to war." (May, 2008)
The Mongol subjugations slayed millions but established afterwards a transitory age of peace as trade spread through their huge region. However, the Mongols proved incompetent in the long run at overseeing their empire that ultimately split into 4 khanates before each one ultimately split. On the other hand, "the Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117 CE), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. In the east, it continued as the Byzantine Empire until the death of Constantine XI and the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 CE. The influence of the Roman Empire on western civilization was profound in its lasting contributions to virtually every aspect of western culture." (Mark, 2018) The Roman and Mongol empires used natural resources given to accomplish what they wanted to attain. Looking at the Mongols they used horses to magnify their terrain which actually gave them enormous advantage over adversaries at hostilities. The Roman Empire fought to preserve their territories and they struggled to gather further power and land which was common to Mongol empire as a way of expanding their ground.