Mongols Influence On Eurasia

The mongols were once nomadic warring tribes prior to their expansionism throughout Europe and Eurasia. Through the strong ideologies of a charismatic leader the tribes were able to band together and forge one of the largest empires in history. Through the means of force they subjugated the neighbouring lands and began the expansionism that would consume Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Europe.Once the persian empire was conquered it enabled the mongols to further expand towards Europe. Through battle tactics, a charismatic leader and opportunity allowed the Mongols to rapidly expand throughout Eurasia.

Born into a noble family in 1162 was Temujin, whose father was poisoned by his rivals, abandoning Temujin to live in poverty while the rivals seek out to eliminate him due to his high potential as a threat to his enemies. Temujin was captured by a rival and imprisoned him in a cage, but he managed to escape in the night and never returned. Over the years of Temujin’s youth he had acquired much knowledge on practical life skills that would prepare him for his Nomad tribe in the future. (Bentley, J. Ziegler,

Commanders often threatened Genghis’s position has the superior leader and from his bitter experiences he had learnt not to trust fellow elites on the steppes, so by splitting up the clan it made it harder for any sort of cautionary dispute to take part. (Lococo, P. 2008, pg. 26) In order to defeat enemies from other territories Genghis Khan’s tribe needed effective battle tactics that would have them win victory against the tribes in China, Arabia and Persia. An “arrow storm” to disorient the opposing tribe was a shock tactic used in Mongol tribes by the direction of Khan, and the purpose was to fling as many arrows at their targets, and sometimes it would be enough for the enemies to flee back to their domain. (Lococo, P. 2008, pg.