Essay #8 Analyze continuities and changes in the political, economic, or cultural practices of Mongolian society between the rise of Chinggiss Khan and the demise of the Mongolian empire in the 15th century.
Political (continuity)
A network was set up by the Mongol government to relay news, information, and government orders. Riders would ride horses and switch to fresh horses at every start.
Political (change) example
China- resisted Confoscan way of thinking and Chinese cultural and went as far as to say all Chinese should be exterminated.
Intro
Chinggiss Khan united the Mongol tribes during the late 12th century and early 13th century. During his reign he conquered the better part of Eurasia.
Cultural (continuity)
Did not persecute any religion and allowed any missionaries or school of thought to enter any lands conquered by the Mongols.
Thesis
However as the kingdom grew and developed the political, economic, and cultural practices of the Mongolian Empire changed and adapted to the lands that it conquered during the postclassical era.
Cultural (change)
Mongols needed people from conquered lands to help run the empire As the empire grew scholars, generals, and others in a specialized work force were taken from their land and sent to Mongolian capital in Karakorum.
Cultural (change) example
Mongols settle down and control empires
Political (change)
Resisted assimilation into the lands which they conquered.
Economic (change)
Trade in the region became much safer now that the rival Mongol tribes were not fighting amongst each other. Europe and China became directly connected through trade for the first time ever.
Cultural (continuity) example
the Mongols connected the world through the silk road
