Positive And Negative Effects Of The Mongols

An introduction to the Mongols, the Mongols were a fierce tribe that was believed to take lives of innocent people. They were also lived on horseback, their religion could not be alive without the use of the horse. Similarly, the impact that was left behind from the Mongols, had both a positive and negative impact on the world.

Though the Mongols had left some terrible impacts on the world. There have been a few positive things that came from them. During the conquests of the Mongols, several good things had happened. Several religions had spread throughout vast areas of the world. The Great Canal had been expanded to increase trade. And once captive slaves were able to be free. On source three religion, the first paragraph, it states that “Genghis Khan was known for his tolerance of other religions.

Genghis Khan’s capital city of Karakorum contained Muslim mosques, a Buddhist temple, and probably a Christian church.” Conversely, as the leader of the Mongols Genghis Khan was surprisingly known for his tolerance of other religion.

Since people had probably expected him as other tribes that forced a certain religion on someone. With that, several different efficiencies may convert to the Mongol way of life knowing that, they would be in a good place if they stayed under their leader's control. Another piece of text comes from source five, second paragraph, it states that “Although captive artisans often remained in their master’s hands for the rest of their lives, some gained their freedom and married locally, and some eventually returned to their homelands. The movement of people also resulted in diffusion, by the exchange of goods, ideas, and styles, and infrequent and widespread contact between people of widely different cultural goods,

ideas and styles, and in language backgrounds.” In other words, under the Mongol control, even captive artisans can earn their freedom, as long as they maintained being loyal to their ruler. From those actions, those people were helping several more people to spread different cultures and new ideas to abandoned countries to strive.

However, the Mongols were known to also be ruthless and savage. During their uprising, they would kill anyone or anything that came in their path. Through many lingering tales of the Mongols, many people suffered. Some were forced out of their homes, to work in their army and even to revolt against their own tribe. Some were not allowed to tell the tale. Information for this topic comes from source four destruction, on the first paragraph, it states that “The Mongols often destroyed the towns they attacked, usually because of the battle, but sometimes on purpose after their conquest. Mongols often had no use for towns, and destroying them was a practical measure to prevent their use for organized resistance.” This proves that the Mongols were explicit in their destruction of an area. Once a free standing area could no longer stand after they have left the area. Also how they were not generous enough to let the opposing tribe to revolt against them, so that the Mongol tribe could stand tall for several more years to come. Another piece of text comes from source two disease, on sentence number four through five, it states that “The frequent long-distance travel of the Mongol military, traders, and others caused the widespread of diseases. Of these, the Black Death (bubonic plague) was the best known and most severe.” Due to the long travel of the Mongols and others, a large number of people have carried the plague with them. A disease that killed more than one third the portion of Europe has died from the plague. The factor that the Mongols had played was that they may have carried the disease with them towards the black sea.

In conclusion, the Mongols had affected the lives of some many people that stood before them. There have been have been many views towards the Mongols. All in all, we as people can recognize that there have been both positive and negative impacts they have left in our world.