Mongol Empire Research Paper

The Mongolian Empire was the largest geographic empire that was ever known. Thanks to their military tactics and relentless conquering, they spread their empire from the eastern border of Asia to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. In class, we were assigned to role play as the Mongols by playing the popular game Civilizations. My game was similar to the actual history of the mongols by remaining slightly nomadic, having Genghis Khan as a leader, and having horseback warriors. My game is entirely different by having only two major cities, meeting various civilizations, and not going to war with any civilization.

Like every other civilization, the Mongols began as being nomadic. As time went on, they continued to remain nomadic in a way. I did my best to recreate that characteristic by not researching or constructing advanced projects for their time. The first khan, meaning world leader, was Genghis Khan. He became khan by “uniting his whole tribesman and nomadic neighbors into the mightiest war machine.” (Guisepi) and conquered a majority of the land in Asia, bringing all the people of the land under Mongol

rule. Genghis Kahn was the first leader the game gave to me while playing Civilizations. The reason the Mongols conquered so much of Asia was their cavalry, horseback warriors. With the combination of speed, accuracy, and brutality, they were nearly unstoppable. With enough time in playing the game, I was able to train horseback warriors.

Even though I did my best to replicate the Mongols, I wasn’t entirely accurate.

The Mongols were known for waging war and causing destruction wherever their armies go. They mainly focused upon being involved in wars against China after the Chinese “discontinued to pay tribute to the Mongols after they withdraw.” (The Mongol Empire). In the game, I did not go to war with China, due to the fact I never even encountered their civilization. I did in fact encounter the civilizations of Egypt and Greece. The Mongols however never encountered the civilizations nor even heard of them. They can not place cities where they never even roamed. Speaking of which, I did not have a lot of major cities in my game. The Mongols had a vast amount of cities in their empire. I only constructed two in my time playing Civilizations, though I did expand my borders quite

often.
My game can be very similar and very different to the actual history of the Mongolian Empire in many ways, but these similarities and differences were very dominant in my opinion. Not only did I did do my best to replicate the history of the Mongols, but I also tried to replicate their behavior. They were relentless, brutal, swift, and most of all terrifying to their opponents. I some how managed to be completely different and not terrorize anyone. To be honest, I rather be the nice guy and not be so frightful then too kill my off rivals cut off all their tongues and string them on a necklace.