Mongols Dbq

Mongols DBQ

The Mongols: How Barbaric were the “Barbarians”?

A small tribe form the grasslands of central asia conquered much of the known world during the 13 century. The barbarians would reinforce their military duties and their political and economic developments which brought them down as well as helping them rise into power by dominating many parts of the world.

Barbarian military duties really where powerful and has a lot of impact in position. They operated with horses and sometimes using giant siege weapons.All men over the age of fourteen were expected to undertake military duties but the physicians and undertakers and priest were exempt. Furthermore,the mongols had to make many sacrifices and risk such as leaving their flocks behind, get on a horse and travel to wherever their unit happened to be based and their wives and children were expected to follow. Also, soldiers were never unprepared for traveling and to fight, soldiers were equipped with clothing , cooking instruments , dried meat , water bottles , files for sharpening arrow and much more. As could be seen, the barbarians were very advanced in a way that it really contributed and made the military duties faster such as their saddle bags where made out of cow stomachs

which were waterproof which was useful when crossing rivers.

This really shows how the barbarian were very organized and had a good way of running their army and were determined to conquer any land they desired.Genghis khan ordained that the army should be organized in such way that over ten men should beset one man and he is what we call a captain of ten.

Over the ten men should be placed one, named of the captain of a hundred , at the head of the ten captain of a hundred is placed a soldier know as a captain of a thousands. Two or there cheifs are in command of the whole army yet in such a .way that one holds the supreme command.This organization and discipline had the barbarians had really showed the other tribes and clangs the military power they had and how advanced they

were.

The mongols were also advance in their commerce and trade network with other countries. This really helped the mongols a lot because it was the key to take control of all trade routes which most countries had competition for. In the first place,The mongols conquered nearly all of asia and achieved what all inner asian steppe empires had dreamed of , control of the continental caravan routes from China to Persia. Mongol empire made significant contributions to the political institutions, economic development and cultural diversity of many lands. The mongols build canals to improve transportation and communicated to china and Persia. The persian silk industry also benefited from the mongol conquest because of the contacts that opened up with china.

As the barbarians achieve many goals and conquered a large amount of lands by time ,they also advance in my ways such as political and economical aspects. Their military really helped the barbarians become who they really are and gain their position as a great tribe or group of people and that helped extend their civilization all throughout Asia.