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The Mongol Rule By Jessica Testa
The Mongolians were the last nomadic tribe to have ever exist in recorded history. They were also the most successful, having the largest empire during the 13th and 14th centuries. It is often referred to as the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world. The Mongol empire was thanks to Genghis Khan. The Mongol Rule is one of the most recognized, and quickly built up rules in recorded history from a nomadic society as well as the quickest to decline.
The Mongol empire was built up on wars. This is what eventually caused it to begin to split as a result of a war over which of Genghis Khan's son's gains the inheritance to the Empire. It was a war between his initial heir and one of his other sons. The Mongol empire grew rather rapidly under the rule of Genghis Khan who is considered the official ruler of the Mongols. It also held a massive population. Eventually, the mongol empire split up into four separate “empires” so to speak. The intricacy of each of these empire's has much of a legend as does the Mongol rule all together. One of the most distinct of the four was the “Golden Horde”. Legend has it that the leader Batu had a golden tent therefore the name... Golden Horde. After Batu's death the dynasty of his lived on for a whole century more.
The military aspect of the Mongolian Golden Horde is the very unperceived part of the Mongol empire. When the military started to gain its hold on the Golden Horde it was during the reign of Uzbeg. He adopted Islam ways and religious beliefs which turned into violent internal political disorder. It was only briefly reunited with itself much later. Much later on the Golden Horde broke into the smaller Tartar empires that declined steadily.
After Genghis Khan's death the Mongol empire was never the same. He built a well regarded empire out of nothing and became very well known for that. The fighting amongst his sons took what he had dutifully created and crumbled it into what we know today as Mongolia which is not even neat how big the Mongol empire used to be. The Mongol empire slowly picked up but not for long when Bantu took over. The Mongol empire was a huge responsibility and way too much power for one man to take. Therefore is what caused the divisions.
For the Mongol empire to last as long and be as successful as it was is truly astonishing. It was never heard of for a nomadic civilization to climb as high as the mongols did. Many ups and downs shaped them into being what they were then and the country they are now. If Genghis Khan's sons hadn't fought there would still be a Mongol empire today eminent in our modern day world. The mongol empire proves to us that what goes up... must come down sometimes more quickly than others but nonetheless the same concept.
The Mongol empire was built up on wars. This is what eventually caused it to begin to split as a result of a war over which of Genghis Khan's son's gains the inheritance to the Empire. It was a war between his initial heir and one of his other sons. The Mongol empire grew rather rapidly under the rule of Genghis Khan who is considered the official ruler of the Mongols. It also held a massive population. Eventually, the mongol empire split up into four separate “empires” so to speak. The intricacy of each of these empire's has much of a legend as does the Mongol rule all together. One of the most distinct of the four was the “Golden Horde”. Legend has it that the leader Batu had a golden tent therefore the name... Golden Horde. After Batu's death the dynasty of his lived on for a whole century more.
The military aspect of the Mongolian Golden Horde is the very unperceived part of the Mongol empire. When the military started to gain its hold on the Golden Horde it was during the reign of Uzbeg. He adopted Islam ways and religious beliefs which turned into violent internal political disorder. It was only briefly reunited with itself much later. Much later on the Golden Horde broke into the smaller Tartar empires that declined steadily.
After Genghis Khan's death the Mongol empire was never the same. He built a well regarded empire out of nothing and became very well known for that. The fighting amongst his sons took what he had dutifully created and crumbled it into what we know today as Mongolia which is not even neat how big the Mongol empire used to be. The Mongol empire slowly picked up but not for long when Bantu took over. The Mongol empire was a huge responsibility and way too much power for one man to take. Therefore is what caused the divisions.
For the Mongol empire to last as long and be as successful as it was is truly astonishing. It was never heard of for a nomadic civilization to climb as high as the mongols did. Many ups and downs shaped them into being what they were then and the country they are now. If Genghis Khan's sons hadn't fought there would still be a Mongol empire today eminent in our modern day world. The mongol empire proves to us that what goes up... must come down sometimes more quickly than others but nonetheless the same concept.