Mongol rule in China and the Middle East was similar in providing security, along trade routes and keeping the local government intact but differed in their treatment of the Arabs/Persians.
Economic- Comparison Mongols provided security along the Silk Road. Increased trade, disease merchants, were safe, Mongols collected taxes, caught stealing=death. The Mongol expansion throughout the Asian continent from around 1207 to 1360 helped bring political stability and re-establish the Silk Road (via Karakorum). It also brought an end to the Islamic Caliphate's monopoly over world trade. Because the Mongols had dominated the trade routes, it allowed more trade to come in and out of the region. Merchandise that did not seem valuable to the Mongols was often seen as very valuable by the west. As a result, the Mongols received in return a large amount of luxurious goods from the West. However, they never abandoned their nomadic lifestyle. Soon after Genghis Khan died, the Silk Road was in the hand of Genghis Khans' daughters.Paper currency was a by-product of Chinese block-printing. It started in Tang but not until Song dynasty that it became institutionized as a governmental policy. It had two main advantages over money made out of silver, gold, copper or iron: It was easier to carry around and the copper and iron could be saved for use in everyday objects. Names and seals were printed and written on paper money by the government officials who issued it. Unfortunately no written documents exist today which enable us to know how this system of paper currency actually functioned prior to the Yuan period. When Maro Polo traveld to China in the 13th century, he was so impressed by paper money that he described how it was made, used and valued. Paper money was not used in Europe until the 17th century.Paper money began with the "flying cash" of the Tang (618-907) dynasty around 800. The Tang government considering the inconvenience of shipping cash to distant areas where government purchases were made, paid local merchants with money certifiactes called "flying cash", because of its tendency to blow away. These certificates bearing different amounts of money could be converted into hard cash on demand at the capital. Since they were transferable, they were exchanged among merchans almost like currency."Flying cash" was not meant to be currency and its circulation was rather limited. The Persian Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian king Darius the Great (Darius I) of the Achaemenid Empire in the 5th century BC.[1] Darius built the road to facilitate
the pattern of how it was maintained. 4) The Mongols were very barbaric people that had strict rules. They were also known as the strongest army out there. People were afraid of them. When the Mongols would go to invade a city the city would surrender before it was attacked because of how scared they were. It also led peace among all of Europe and united them with Asia. Which held them together strong due to the unity. 6) The Mongol conquest of Russia reduced the Russian princes to tribute-payers…
Recently, I listened to the audiobook version of Genghis Khan and the Makings of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford. The Mongols had always been a gap in my knowledge base that I wanted to fill. To say the least, I did not regret picking up the audiobook. It was excellent, and thought-provoking. Anyways, Weatherford begins his timeline before the birth of Temujin/Genghis Khan and continues to the present day, chronicling the life of Genghis Khan as well as rise and fall of the Mongolian Empires…
Effects of Mongol Conquest and Rule between Russia and China By: Diamon Mitchell 4B Skinny December 1st, 2013 The Mongol conquest and rule had a huge effect on China and Russia politically. During 1209 to 1279, the primary target for the Mongol conquest in China was to find agrarian wealth which meant adopting Chinese culture and ways of governing. Between 1237 and 1240, Russia encountered a new third-wave civilization and various independent princes proved unable to unite which…
Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………3 Overview Of Horses In Ancient Warfare…………………………4 Overview Of Mongol Conquests……………………………………..6 Map Of Mongol Empire…………………………………………………..10 How The Horses Enabled The Conquest…………………………10 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………….12 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………….13 References………………………………………………………………………..13 Abstract The Mongol Empire was great; possibly the greatest in history. It was vast and surprisingly well-governed, and lasted…
Key Items: 1. Golden Horde A. Also known as the Kipchack Khanate, but is recognized as the Mongol Khanate founded by Genghis Khan’s grandson B. Was based on Southern Russia and had quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. 2. Timur/Tamerlane: A. Timur was a member of a prominent family of the Mongols Jagadi Khanate; he had gained control over much of Central Asia and Iran. Nickname Tamerlane B. He had consolidated the status of Sunni Islam as orthodox, and his descendants the…
in the history of the world. These barbarians were the Mongols. Their conquest of civilized society was frightening. They tore down scores of great cities. They slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people. Civilized people lived in terror of them. Some believed that Mongols ate humans. Some believed that Mongol ponies were big enough to eat trees. It seemed that no story about the Mongols was too fantastic to believe. How were the Mongols able to conquer civilized societies? How did it all begin…
Mongols is the best starting point for the movement of nomadic tribes in search of new pastures, and for sudden expeditions of a more grasping nature. They are called barbarians which means foreigner in ancient Greek. By the 1200’s barbarian was a negative term to those who lived beyond civilization. When the Mongol goods and bads are placed side by side on a scale it would tip to the bad sides. Mongols whipped out many big countries and the people who lived in them. They were good at fighting, not…
The wars affected France and England politically. At first, England was winning, but with the help of Joan of Arc, France drive out the English. THE SUI AND TANG DYNASTIES The Sui Dynasty (589618) reunified China and expanded its borders in a burst of military conquest. Despite its short life, it was the first strong dynasty to emerge after the fall of the Han. Even stronger was the Tang Dynasty (618906). Under the Tang, China became larger than ever before. Tang China forced many of its neighbors into a …
Shoguns would act as the most central ruler of their dominion. 16. $*Khanates The 4 Mongol kingdoms that were ruled by Chinggis Khan’s sons. They included the Golden Horde in western asia and east europe, the great khanate which became the Yuan Dynasty in China, the il khanate in Persia and the middle east, and the Chagati khanate in central asia 17. $*Chinggis KhanThe head of the nomadic Mongol Empire, or Khagan, who lead the mongolian conquest across Asia and the Silk Road and established Karakorum as the…
1. His spirit banner was destroyed by Communists in 1937 a. According to Mongol tradition that means his soul was destroyed 2. Late twentieth-century revival of Chinggis Khan’s memory 3. 2006 was 800th anniversary of foundation of Mongol Empire B. The story of the Mongols is an important corrective to historians’ focus on agriculturalists. 1. Pastoralists had a…