Chinggis defeated the Tartars killing all surviving males taller than a cart axle….and boiled alive all of their chiefs. These actions of the Mongols showed the barbaric nature they needed to display in order to conquer surrounding lands and assure nobody rebelled. In 1211, the Mongols who were led by Chinggis Khan or better known as Genghis Khan, pierced through the Great Wall and in 1215, conquered the capital, Zhongdu, and killed thousands. With the help of skillful engineers, they mastered weapons of mass destruction. From giant crossbows to rockets and trebuchets, these weapons ensured that the Mongols would defeat enemies. Chinggis then departed from China so that the Mongols could capture other kingdoms. After capturing all of China, …show more content…
the Mongol dynasty was established. After Chingis’ death, his sons continued to expand the empire ruthlessly, extending into modern day Russia and most of Asia.
This expansion also meant that millions would perish under Mongol rule. It is said that the Mongol empire killed about 10% of the population or about 40 million total during the expansion of their empire. Chinggis’ principle was that every man that submitted to his rule would be spared, but whoever didn’t would be annihilated. Also custom to his principle, he would spare anybody who looked of use, from scientists to artists and technicians. Sometimes, women and children would be spared but soon sold as slaves. Many women whose husbands had been killed were then raped by the Mongol men. Chinggis emphasized women as the spoils of warfare. As shown in the examples to come, the Mongols lived up to their reputation as being a “barbaric horde”.These barbaric techniques were used to strike fear in others to ensure nobody rebelled against the …show more content…
empire. The first example of the Mongols being seen as “barbarians” is the attack on the Chin army. This was one of Chinggis Khan’s first serious targets and in 1211, an army of around 200,000 rode East. Numerous Chinese cities felt the Mongol brutality. Slaughter was so bad that some say the streets of the Capital were greasy with human fat and flesh. The Mongols would often take the fat of the deceased and catapult a burning chunk of fat onto the homes of the enemies, or the soldiers themselves. The Mongols were seen as barbaric because after defeating a town or city, they would often lay waste to it, leaving nothing usable, and even the cats and dogs would be slain. These actions are seen as barbaric because of the slaughter of innocent animals and that they could have used the land themselves instead of wasting it. These war tactics caused a fear of Genghis Khan which allowed him to conquer more land than any other great leader, showing just how powerful the Mongols were. The second example of the Mongols barbaric nature is the torture techniques used on captured prisoners. In the spring of 1221, the city of Nishapur was attacked by the Mongols. Even though the people of Nishapur had set up catapults on their wall, that evening it was covered with Mongols. The Mongols then descended down and began to slay and plunder. Chinggis Khan commanded that the town should be laid waste in such a manner that the site could be ploughed upon, and that not even cats and dogs should be left alive. This action was seen as barbaric due the fact of them killing innocent animals. The Mongols then took their prisoners and buried them alive upside-down. They then severed the heads of those who were slain, and threw them into a pile, separating men from women and children. Another way to declare victory was cutting off an ear from each dead enemy. After the battle of Liegnitz, Poland in 1241, the Mongols collected nine large sacks of ears and send them back to the Khan as proof of the victory. These barbaric styles of torture used by the Mongols ensured their position as a powerful empire without others resisting in fear of that happening to them. The third and final example of the barbaric tactics used by Mongols was that they raped the wives and daughters of their slain enemies.
Chinggis stated that a “Man’s greatest good fortune is to chase and defeat his enemy...leave his married woman weeping… and use his woman as a nightshirt and support, gazing upon a kissing their rosy breasts, sucking their lips which are as sweet as the berries of their breasts”. After winning battles, the Mongol men, including Chinggis would take the wives of their enemies and brutally rape them. Often Khan took pleasure in sleeping with the wives and daughters of the enemy chiefs. His army commanders believed him to have extraordinary sexual powers, because he would sleep with many women every night. After analysing tissue samples in populations bordering Mongolia, Scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences believe the brutal ruler has 16 million male descendants living today, meaning that he must have fathered hundreds, if not thousands, of children. There was never any shortage of women, because Khan and his Hordes used violence to wipe out all the men who stood in their path then took their wives and daughters. By raping the women of enemy cities, the Mongols proved their barbaric power, and by having nobody challenge them, this allowed them to do as they pleased.
Being led by Chinggis Khan, the Mongol Empire was the largest and most powerful of all time. As shown in the previous examples, these Mongols were also seen as being a barbaric
horde. Killing innocent animals and raping their enemies wives were some examples of the techniques used. By enforcing these techniques, the Mongol empire imposed fear into others, knowing they will not revolt in fear of being tortured.
Between the early 1200's and the mid 1300's the Mongol Empire, led by Genghis Khan, took control of around 9,300,000 square miles of Eurasia. Genghis Khan first started conquering neighboring clans before setting his sight on the rest of the world. When they would conquer a city, the Mongols would give the city a chance to surrender and if they declined and the Mongols succeeded in conquering them, then all of the citizens would be slaughtered. Under Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire grew to encompass Central Asia, parts of the Middle East, and east to the borders of the Korean Peninsula. In 1227, Genghis Khan died, which led to the empire being divided into four khanates that would be ruled by his sons and grandsons. Genghis Khan's descendants
Genghis Kahn conquered a total of 4,860,000 square miles. That’s more than two times the amount lassoed by Alexander the Great, the second most successful conquerer. The amount of land that Genghis Kahn conquered is over one million square miles greater than the entire area of the United States, Alaska and Hawaii not included. (doc A) The pain inflicted by Khan and his army during their conquests was unfathomably merciless, demented, and “barbaric.” His victories resulted from actions and inhumane methods. (doc D and doc F) The law code he enforced was ruthless and unyielding. (doc K and doc N) Very few of his successful methods were harmless. (doc L) Enormous inhabitant deaths occurred. (doc E and doc I) The only religions acknowledged were monotheistic. (doc H, doc G, and doc M) The Mongol Empire was infinitely more barbaric than any other empire seen before the thirteenth century.
In conclusion, the mongols were more barbaric than they were peaceful. They were able conquer and destroy entire cities, use brutal and strategic military tactics, and provided harsh and cruel punishments for their prisoners daily lives. Many say that the mongols were the greatest civilization that has ever
The Mongols were a group of nomadic people who were known for not only their ferocity in battle but also their tolerance of other cultures. Over the course of their many empires, the Mongols conquered lands from as far as the Korean peninsula to the Islamic civilizations of the Middle East. The movement of the Mongol people into these areas was met with mixed opinions, as members of some societies respected the braveness of the Mongols while others saw them as destructive. According to Ala-ad-Din Ata-Malik Juvaini, 15th century Korean scholars, and Rashid al-Din, the Mongols were a group of tolerant people who attempted to eradicate injustice and corruptness (1,3,4). However, members of other societies viewed the Mongols as coldhearted and merciless because of the damage they dealt in the conquest of Russian cities and the taxes they forced upon their conquered societies (1,2). Nonetheless, some scholars and historians recognized the Mongols power and braveness, but were indifferent with their views of the Mongol civilization.
The Mongols, a nomadic society in the 13th century, were quickly able to conquer a vast amount of land in Eurasia. The Mongols were able to accomplish expanding their empire so widely and so fast because they had many military tactics, and their army was extremely well trained. These both got them a leg up on their enemies. The Mongols were incredibly ruthless at times in battle and used interrogation tactics to gain intel. Plus, their soldiers were trained from a very young age and always prepared.
The Mongol empire was the largest land empire the world has ever seen. First began as a nomadic group of tribes. Mongols were united and emerged into an empire that conquered lands stretching from Europe to Central Asia under the rule of Genghis Khan. The Mongol empire was able to succeed in expanding, and conquering was due to their ability to adapt to any living conditions, their sheer brutality force, and their strong military organization. To begin, one factor that supported the Mongols in their conquests was their capacity for foraging, allowing them to survive under harsh living conditions.
The most important constituent to the Mongols success was ‘a ruthless use of two psychological weapons, loyalty and fear’ (Gascoigne 2010). Ghengis Khan, the Mongol leader from 1206-1227, was merciless and made a guileful contrast in his treatment of nomadic kinsfolk and settled people of cities. For instance, a warrior of a rival tribe who bravely fights against Ghengis Khan and loses will be r...
The Mongols killed a lot of people trying to capture all of the land that they did. They killed 800,000 to 2,000,000 people trying to capture the Persians.when they raided the Kozelsk people they killed all of them.The Mongols also executed the persian’s that they captured by shooting them point blank in the chest with arrows and they buried their heads in the ground while they are still alive.
The Mongols were a tough, strong, and a fierce Asian group of people. Their reign
In the 13th century BC, the Mongols rose to power and conquered an empire whose size still has yet to matched. The Mongols conquered lands such as China, leaving such a lasting influence on them that their legacy still lives on. However, despite the Mongols success, their actions have left a constantly ongoing debate on whether they were barbarians, seen and portrayed by different societies of their time as people with no morale or modern civilities, or civilized people who were just feared by other societies. Although the Mongols are generally now seen as Barbarians because of their violent and barbaric war tactics they used to instill fear in people, they are actually civilized because they had a strategically organized army, and because they were accepting of the customs of other peoples. These two elements would eventually lead them to their success.
The Abduction of Women in “The Secret History of the Mongols” The Mongols livelihood was based on tribal raids en-order to survive. During the twelfth century the Mongols wanted to be ruler over the Khitans, and Jurchens, which consisted of a majority of wandering individuals that continued to reside in the east, and learned to become skilled at assets from China. The Turks were another group of peoples that wanted to become ruler over the Khitans, and Jurchens. This particular group of individuals was well trained in working with metal, but revolted against the Rouruans, which previously conquered the eastern Silk Road of Central Asia , and continued to the region of Mongolia. In the twelfth century war rage between the Jurchens, and the Khitans, as a result the Jurchens became victorious, therefore gained further access into China. Unlike, the Khitans and the Jurchens, who adapted to the Chinese customs, the Mongols never wavered from their traditional way of living. Before the enormous invasion the Mongols did have any rural communities, or suburbs, therefore had to transfer their livestock according to the seasons. The Mongols dwelling consisted of circular tents known as yurts, instead of houses. The yurts were made big enough for a whole family to live in, as well as waterproof. The area the Mongols lived was cold, and the land was not adequate for farming, therefore their diet normally consisted of meat products, along with milk from cows, or goats. The Mongols did not have adequate means of keeping food fresh, therefore was often concerned with the health status of all livestock’s. The Mongols had to face many hardships that affected their food supply, like the cold seasons, or illness. Since the land was not adequate for ...
The military exploits of the Mongols under Ghengis Khan as well as other leaders and the ruthless brutality that characterized the Mongol conquests have survived in legend. The impact of the invasions can be traced through history from the different policies set forth to the contributions the Mongols gave the world. The idea of the ruthless barbarian’s intent upon world domination will always be a way to signify the Mongols. Living steadfast upon the barren steppe they rode out of Mongolia to pursue a better life for their people.
The Mongol Empire was a very powerful which conquered more land in two years than the Romans did in 400 years. Also, they controlled more than eleven million square miles. The Mongols were very important because they created nations like Russia and Korea, smashed the feudal system and created international law, and created the first free trade zone. In the beginning of the Mongol Empire, they mostly lived in foothills bordering the Siberian forests mixing heroing and hunting. They also became really good at archery and riding horses. The main reason the Mongols came to be so powerful was all because of a man named Genghis Kahn. Genghis was born around 1162 with the name Temujin. Due to the death of his father, Temujin was left under the control of his older brothers. Soon enough, he was married to a woman named Borte. Borte was later kidnapped, in which Temujin proved his military skills when saving her. Not to long after this, Temujin became the leader of his tribe. Yet, to unite the Mongol confederations it required a civil war, which Temijun ended up winning. After proving his skills and loyalty, Temijun was declared the Gr...
This story can be summarized by dividing the story into three major sections that represent a genealogy of the Genghis Khan ancestors, the lifestyle of Genghis Khan and the story of Genghis son and Ogodei his successor. This piece of early time’s literature was translated and edited by Jack Weatherford and it was not released until 16th February, 2010. The piece of work restores early history’s most prominent figures to the positions they rightfully deserves. It clears the picture of the nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols and it is rich with information regarding the society of the Mongols in the 12th and the 13th centuries” (Kahn, 2005).
The Mongol Empire appeared in Central Asia through the 13th and 14th centuries as the biggest land empire in history. A consequence of the union of Mongol and Turkic tribes, the empire took form under the control of the legendary Genghis Khan, also known as Great Khan, which means emperor. All through his period, Genghis Khan started a series of invasions called as the Mongol invasions, frequently accompanied by the major-scale slaughter of civilian populations. This led in the conquest of the majority of Eurasia. By the end of Genghis Khan's life, the Mongol Empire occupied a considerable segment of Central Asia and China. The empire began to divide as a consequence of battles between succession heirs, especially regarding Kublai Khan and Ariq Boke.