Genghis Khan, who is one of the outstanding leaders of Chinese history. Under his leadership, the Mongols had countless great achievements. Also, he drove China to achieve unprecedently grand occasion. However, the ruling way of Genghis Khan has been aroused controversy. Until now, scholars still hold extremely various opinions on Genghis Khan. From my perspective, though Genghis Khan is ruthless and cold-hearted towards his enemies, he was a wise emperor and had countless illustrious accomplishments during his reign. From the above three sources, they have different angles to comment on Genghis Khan be it positively or negatively. In the followings, I am going to discuss on Genghis Khan comprehensively, also find out the relationship between …show more content…
It is undoubted that he could win great popularity among his citizens. And only one of the resources stated that Genghis Khan did not well-train the soldiers and did not govern them well. Nonetheless, it is unavoidable to have some black sheep in every flock.
Fourthly, even though Genghis Khan treated his companions and believers not bad, it is unquestionable that he is a ruthless and cool-hearted leader towards outsiders. Among all the sources, they also mentioned that Genghis Khan was bloodthirsty. All countries which subjugated by him left nothing else but the only destruction of the cities and the lives of people, for example, he killed 2/3 people of the North China and around 40 million Europeans were murdered by them, which was 10% of the world population (Gendler, 2015). In the second resource, it also stated that Genghis Khan led a million dead in five years, which from 1237 to 1242. Genghis Khan and his son killed nearly 35 to 37 million people, included Tanguts, the Americans, the Bulgars and the Georgians. Further, Genghis Khan and his armies executed all the remaining adults and children after wars (Wilmore, 2005) in a bid to diminish the chance of rebellions. Because of him, many countries had bloodbath and
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Comparing the merits and demerits, his success much outweighs the failure for a certain. Though he is heartless and cold-blood towards his opponents, but those were means to manage and unite a country in a fast-paced and efficient way, just like a saying said, “being kind to your enemies sometimes is the same as being cruel to yourself”. In that time, Genghis Khan needed to unite whole Mongol and enhance his power among all the countries, he needed to make decision with a decisive mind. Therefore, his cruelty is understandable and inevitable. Take Qin Shi huang and Empress Wu as examples, they also used high-pressured tactics to control their followers, however, at the same time, they had great achievement and distinctive merits as Genghis Khan. We cannot deny his merits because of his ruthless character and means of implementation. From the information provided by three resources, Genghis Khan created a new and comprehensive policy system; led Mongol chased and caught up with the world and increased the status of women and soldiers in the society. Genghis Khan definitely brought the development of Mongol to reach its peak. Under his guidance, Mongol empire lasted even longer than Alexander the Great (Wilmore, 2005). Yet, he is barbarous and brutal, in the aspect of managing a country, it is undoubted that Genghis Khan was a
Were the Mongols as heinous as historians make them out to be? The mongols began as a small tribe in Central Asia that expanded their rule tremendously. They established the largest connected empire in all of the world’s history. In this Data Based Question, there is examples of how the Mongols exemplify leadership but mostly savagery.
The Mongol empire accomplished the great feat of being the largest empire ever created. To put in into better perspective, it was larger than Alexander the Great and Tamerlane’s empires combined (Document 1)! However, the Mongols are also known for being brutal, killing more than 5 million people (Document 4). Several important laws and neighborly customs observed in today's society were first introduced by the visionary Mongols. It seems effortless to group the Mongols in the simple category of "blood-thirsty barbarians," but their accomplishments cannot go unacknowledged and
The Mongols who are they and were they barbaric? The mongols was a small clan until they came to one leadership whom being named genghis Khan. He who lead the mongols to a world of conquering and success. The mongols were barbaric empire. They way they kept soldiers fighting is cruel, they way they killed people from other empires is not necessary, and the way they got married depending on the situation is unfair.
The Mongols were a group of nomadic people that had a far from good reputation. Eight centuries ago the Mongols conquered much of the known world led by Genghis Khan. Their violent and rash actions got them the name ¨Barbarians¨, which was a term referring to people who were beyond reach of humanity, people who were evil or savage. The Mongols committed many barbaric crimes and they are shown through places they passed through, Genghis Khan, and their beliefs.
The True Legacy of The Mongols In history, a frequent topic of debate is the legacy that the Mongol Empire left behind. It can easily be argued that they were nothing but murderous barbarians, a monotonous war machine. This is proven by the fact that they used biological warfare at the Siege of Caffa in 1346. The Mongols catapulted disease ridden corpses into the city of Caffa to spread the Black Plague into the city.(Wheelis)
The Mongols destroyed cities many times throughout their existence and that was how they got their reputation. One example is shown through a battle against the Russian Army, “Russian army fell quickly in the bloodstained snow, the grand prince himself killed and decapitated. By April much of Northern Russia lay in smoking ruins.[4]” The Mongols were facing off against the Russians and didn’t take it easy on them. They destroyed their entire city. Burning every one of their buildings to the ground, which is very cruel.
The new themes of encounter and exchange did not come without the warfare, violence and confusion that plagued China as the Sung dynasty struggled to fight back against the Mongols. After the suicide of the last Southern Sung emperor, all of China was united by Mongol rule (Gernet 717). The tragic death of one man marked the beginning of a new era. For the first time ever, foreign people conquered the entirety of China. Never before had the Chinese government been completely replaced by an unknown system ruled by outsiders (Fitzgerald 181).
In history, it can be seen that people expanded their territory by killing and taking over different areas of land. Gaining more land showed a position of high power and authority. Although Khan conquered and killed he wasn’t an unfair ruler because he gave everyone a chance to join his empire. Khan displayed loyalty by putting the lives of his followers above everyone else. He only killed the other people because if he didn’t fight back he would’ve been killed along with his followers.
His reign led to many rebellions, which obviously caused many people to lose their lives. If you resisted and your life ended, the lives of your relatives could also be taken to weed out any possible traitors. (Which I found rather brutal.) Also, if one were to be conquered and not killed, enslaved, or imprisoned, they’d be taxed heavily. As stated before, the Mongols were ordered to destroy the farmlands to make room for pasture, which led to the starvation of many people.
Despite of their ruthless, the Mongol Empire did has positive impacts on the development of Europe in five different areas, namely political, economic, social, weapons advancement and spread of Christianity due to the Mongol exchange. First, in political aspects, some said the mongols have a negative impact on Europe , as they changed the political history of Europe, especially of Russia, because of their ruling in conquered countries. Genghis Khan used the psychological warfare, the terror tactics, to deal with the resistance: surrender or die. The Mongols usual policy was slaughtered and depopulated the entire cities that resisted, and
Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great created two of the biggest empires ever. They were both very successful rulers. Genghis Khan was the leader of the Mongol Army and was responsible for 40 million deaths which was 5% of the global population at the time. He also created the largest contiguous empire ever. Alexander was the leader of the Macedonian empire and never lost a battle.
The Mongols Intro The Mongols have made a negative impact to all of us in one way or another. Some ways worse than others. Some of the things Genghis Khan has done may be cruel and wrong, but was what he had to do to be a great leader. The Mongolians ruled from 1260 to 1368 C.E, they were located in Mongolia, in the Northern China area.
The Mongols, a native asian tribe, eight hundred years ago conquered much of the known world. Said tribe originated from the grasslands of central asia and went on to become one of the most successful and most conversed about castes in history. The story of the mongols, however, is one that is quite difficult to tell. The Mongols were an illiterate clan, making it close to impossible to receive a message in full context, much like the telephone game nowadays were a message is spread through many individuals until reaching the final destination. For hundreds of years the Mongols have been a center of debate for many history related discussions, though the common conclusion is yes, the mongols were a barbaric tribe, that’s not really the case, and it’s backed by facts.
Genghis Khan a revered warlord by some, and feared by many. Genghis Khan has ruled a vast empire, a crazy twelve million square miles which had continued to spread until his death. His empire was so vast from all the land and people he conquered, it has been said that one in two hundred men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan, which is quite a plausible claim. Everywhere Genghis Khan marched, troops followed and cities were razed. Many trembled in fear to surrender to his ranks, others who did not die merciless deaths.