How Did Genghis Khan Influence The Mongol Empire

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The founder of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, became one of the most feared and respected leaders in the eleventh century. Under his leadership, the nomadic Mongolian tribes became an empire and conquered land across Asia to the Middle East. As a feared leader, Genghis Khan showed his strength and justice to his people at the same time. However, the invasion of Central Asia and the Iranian Plateau was not only to demonstrate Genghis Khan’s power and influence as the leader of the Mongol Empire, but his personal pride and his ability to deliver justice was on the line as well.
Before they were known as the Mongol Empire, Mongol were nomadic. The Mongol tribes from North Asia, now Mongolia, relied on the nomadic lifestyle of constant movement …show more content…

As his territory was expanding, Genghis become wiser and used his wisdom and experience as a warrior to create various effective strategies. It was well known that Genghis Khan used terror as a weapon of war. For instance, before he destroyed a city, he offered the people a choice, and if they did not fight and surrender to the Mongols, he spared the bloodshed, but they would go under Mongol control. On the other side, if the city did decide to stand their ground and fight, then Mongols massacred everyone, including the civilians. This reign of terror contributed to the mass and successful expansion of the emperor in short amount of …show more content…

They interest lied mostly in other worldly pleasures. Further, during his expansion towards the west, Genghis Khan, and his empire got into contact with the troops of Sultan of Khwarazm, one of the strongest empires in Asia. At this time, Genghis wanted to open more trade relations and not be hostile towards the sultan. Even though the sultan believed that this gesture was a way to invade this empire, he still allowed emissaries to trade within his empire. In 1218, Khwarazm’s governor reported that one of Mongol trading member was spreading lies about the power of the Mongol leader while praising of the generosity and his tolerance in the religious matter, and they also fear that he was a spy for the empire. Without getting any agreement from the sultan (Khwarazm), the governor massacred the merchants. They claimed that the sultan gave his permission; even though, there was not written

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