Were The Mongols Good Or Bad

The Mongols were people who had a reputation that left a mark on the world. The

Mongols, initially led by Ghankis Khan and the rest of his family, expanded the Mongol empire all through Eurasia. The Mongols' way of life is nomadic with a strong military, but the way they believed was very clever with a normal belief system, but the way they carried it out was barbaric and bad. The Mongols' military tactics were smart, but it was obvious they played dirty.

They brutally expanded their empire, but when they did, they made something of it and grew it economically. They had morally correct rules, but their punishments were intense.

The Mongol empire grew primarily through the use of aggressive military tactics. To win, they played very dirty, but

Also, they would use the fat of their dead opponents to light houses on fire and be hard to take out. In addition, when the opponent did surrender, the Mongols would sweet talk them but pick out the artisans and brutally slaughter the rest. Killing people who have already surrendered is barbaric behavior. On the other hand, the Mongols main tactic of sneaking up and surrounding them

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helped them win most of the time. Thus, the Mongol military played dirty, which furthers the idea of being bad, but their way of thinking is clever.

The Mongols were a huge empire that took over many lands aggressively, but they were civilized in the way they made the land they conquered successful. Document 1 shows that the

Mongols took over 4,860,000 square miles of land. The fact that they wanted to take more just shows how greedy they truly are considering they have more land than the entire USA.

Document 4 shows how brutally they conquered a land. They fought them, and when they surrendered and grew weak, they still slaughtered and wanted to leave the population at

In closing,the Mongols were very barbaric and aggressive in how they maintained land, but their good and smart beliefs made the land prosper.

The people under Mongol rule had laws to live by that had extreme consequences to keep their society under what they thought was right. The Mongol law is called Yasa, and Bilik is a set of rules to live by. Many of the rules they had are basic good morals. For example, only being allowed to get drunk three times a month can prevent alcohol poisoning or foul behavior, but they didn't restrict anything to still have fun. You're not supposed to go after married women or

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have relations with them, and you need amazing hospitality when someone is in your home.

Also, committing treason and betraying the military are forbidden, which is basic morality.

However, these rules have consequences, including death. Having instant death as a