Mongol Empire Research Paper

The Mongol empire is one of the historical empires that rose in 1130. The empire was located between Danube river and the Pacific Ocean. The empire emerged after victories from several wars with their neighbors. The empire established strong dynasty after defeating Jim Empire. It had the army that plays critical role in expanding its territory. Yesugei from Mongol kiyad sub-clan provided leadership skills to defeat their opponent. After conquering the region, Mongol reigns and took full control of the economic activities within its jurisdiction.

The following were the benefits of the empire.

Trade and economic Integration

Mongol controls major trade routes and collected taxes. The revenue accrued were used to run the affairs

of the empire. The trade routes included silk roads. The thriving business contributed to the development of industries. The product during this time included rice and gunpowder. The trading activities increase integration between communities along Asiana and Europe. The major trade within mogul empire was the Eurasian trade. The positive impact of the trade included the dispersion of rice which become stable food among the Persian. The trading activities lead to the emergence of wealthy merchants and who help in running the empire. The better trade enables sharing of the product such as gunpowder which contributed in the development of war tools during the renaissance period.
Cultural Exchange
The emergence of Mongol empire causes the revolution in the whole world.

The empire provided maintained peace within its jurisdiction and encourage cultural exchange. Interaction among traders and political expansion result into the renaissance in the region. People exchange culture and acquire more civilized living standards. The integration was accelerated by Eurasian trade. The sharing of cultural values brought about civilization as the community adopt the advance style from developing regions. Mongol also promoted education and leadership for economic

development.
Religious tolerance
Mongol empire was liberal and tolerated all religions. The values were tied to the land and therefore they did not interfere with other religion. This created the peaceful and conducive environment for other religion. The result was the growth of many religion. Islamic religion practiced among the neighboring empire did not have much influence on trading jurisdiction. Religious hostility was rare as the Mongol dynasty never imposed any religion on people. The fear persecution by superior religion was mitigated. Mongol-established free world open to any belief.

Women rights
Mongol elevated women rights when it conquered Abbasid Empire.

The song dynasty was not sensitive to women’s rights. It empire played the critical role in championing feminism rights. After conquering neighboring empires, Mongol abated the suffering of women by adopting friendly cultural values which promote feminine. Confucianism just showed progress that the Mongol empire champion during its reign. During this period, most women in Asian and European countries were devalued. Uplifting women rights was the revolution that Mongol attempt to achieve. Women had no space in leadership and economic activities. Empire such as Abbasid preserves domestic chores for women. The dominant of male could not be promptly changed but Mongol moderated the chauvinism. The Song Dynasty had such discriminatory perception. When it was conquered by Mongol, it changes its perception of women.

Coastal delivery development

Mongol empire established coastal delivery in china. This was the remarkable revolution which improved transportation and communication.

Infrastructural improvement

Bridges and canal were built to aid trade along the ocean. The Mongol empire was instrumental in fostering development by arranging the system for constructions of bridges. They provided labor and resources for the effective system. The perishable goods/ product could reach consumers in time through the developed transport system.

Costs of Mongol Empire

The shortfalls and limitation

of Mongol empire included:
• The spread of Black Death Disease. The Empire promoted free movement during the trade that leads to the spread of plague.
Free movement during trade had the negative impact on health. Black Death disease was international plague the affected the whole world during the renaissance period. It had both religions and scientific interpretation. The interacted between traders led to rapid spread of the disease which claimed the lives of many people. Castile and Avignon papacy could not provide sufficient explanation for the plaque. Other contagious diseases also spread to Europe and Asian through Eurasian trade
• Massacre during war when expanding their territories
Expansion of Mongol territories was characterized by constant war. The war led to the loss of lives. It also eliminates other empires such as Jim Empire.
• Mongol empire leads to the destruction of establishes bridges and roads. The irrigation system was also broken during the reign of Mongol empire. Some population was forced to migrate. Heavy taxes were imposed on traders. This reduces the benefit from trade because traders faced challenges such as transport. The empire took a lot of profit of traders thus discouraging them.

The period of Mongol emergence and expansion is considered epoch of exploration and globalization because it brought civilization to the whole world. It was during this time that many discoveries were made. People explore different areas and exchange ideas. It was renaissance period. Many philosophers emerged with difference theories explaining many aspects in the world. The period provoked improvement in political/government system, science, economics and religious perception.
The churches also faced challenges from secular laws during this period. Mongol empire reign when issues such as Black Death faced world population. The discovery and explanation of this diseases were explorations. The rise of national monarchies in Europe due to the exploration of routes to North West china makes this period consider as an era of globalization. Many powerful monarchs such as England faced defeat in in hundred years of war. The urge of forming national monarchy was also the revolution. France, Germany, England and Russians were undergoing radical changes in politics, economics, and religious perception. People were exploring the world beyond their jurisdiction. The period of Mongol reign can, therefore, be called renaissance