A bad thing is that the Mongols killed many people and devastated towns as they conquered new lands. The Yuan Dynasty fell in 1368. The cause of the fall was mainly because of the civil wars and internal
peaked at 60 million and fell to 45 million by 600 C.E. Though also invaded by Hun tribes, a more influential cause of the decline of Han China came from corruption in the government impacted all Chinese citizens. As emperors became weak in will and power, military generals drew more power. Peasants grew angry with taxes unpaid be corrupted officials, and in 184 C.E., a group known as the Yellow Turban rebellion confronted Han government. Even after its fall, the Roman Empire maintained an influence over future civilizations.
The Mongols mainly focused on collecting taxes, and when they conquered the areas, they destroyed a lot of farmland in each. Little pay made its way to the farmers and inflation arose when paper money started to be distributed. With the many similarities the two empires held, a lot of differences occurred through the empire’s run. As for the most prominent reason, it was evident that their governments were run completely different. When conquering China, the Mongols kicked the bureaucratic elite to the curb, hired new foreign rulers, and eliminated the civil service examinations.
Many in the empire saw their defeat as "Allah's divine punishment for a society that did not know how to pull itself together. "[32]:84 The Turkish nationalist movement in the country gradually came to view Anatolia as their last refuge. That the Armenian population formed a significant minority in this region would figure prominently in the calculations of the Young Turks who would eventually carry out the Armenian Genocide. An important consequence of the Balkan Wars was also the mass expulsion of Muslims (known as muhajirs) from the Balkans. In fact, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Muslims, including Circassians and Chechens, were expelled or forced to flee from the Caucasus and the Balkans (Rumelia) as a result of the Russo-Turkish wars and the conflicts in the Balkans.
ROSENWEIN CHAPTER 7 – DISCORDANT HARMONIES (1250-1350) summarized in 8 pages of fun. The Mongol Hegemony -Pastoralists, like the Huns and Seljuks before them -Occupied eastern edge of steppes that stretched west to Hungarian plains, 4000 miles east to west -Horse + sheep herders, hunters and warriors -Spritual people, belief in high deities and lower spirits, also keen to assimilate other religious beliefs – Buddhism, Islam and even some forms of Christianity The Contours of the Mongol Empire -Mongols formed under leadership of Genghis Khan (1162-1227), he created a highly disciplined army, forging together tribes of mixed ethnicities -World conquest fueled by desire to move beyond difficult climatic conditions of their native grasslands
Another explanation to the rise of Ottoman Empire is because of the Byzantine Empire fall. Over centuries, Arabs seem to have been tossed around from land to land. Eventually the idea of coming up with a third (non-Muslim) state came about. But the more the Arabs tried to come together it seems they were being killed or torn apart. And still to this day some Arabs are still without a place to call home such as
This lead to many cities and towns paying because of the retribution for not paying was too high. After death of the Khan, the Mongol empire split into four khanates and led to using divers methods of political power. However, all of them continued to use the tribute system established by their
The Magyar were part of the Second Age of Invasion that the Muslims initiated. They traveled from Western Asia and resembled the Turks in many ways.1Their art post a serious threat to the stability of numerous European Kingdoms, including the Byzantine Empire. For instance, “The Magyars fought as they had on the Eurasian Steppes, as fast-moving and light equipped horse archers”.2 Moreover, their hit and run tactics made it extremely difficult to defeat. In addition, since they were driven by their desire to salvage and pillage the regions they often did not accept open battle instead rely on their surprise attract and immediate retreat. The Magyars started their invasions of Europe in the 9th century AD.
As J.M. Roberts stated, “In so great an empire, communications were the key to power” (p. 85). The Silk Road allowed merchants of different cultures to make overland trades, from China to the west, and resulting in the first step of globalization. In addition, the Mongols also introduced a writing system to the region and spread the use of paper money. J.M.
The Mongol conquests of Eurasia allowed globalization to spread across the land, through the peoples, and on the backs of horses (Shaffer). The barbarian Mongols provided the last period of great cultural cross-fertilization before the modern age. Even though the Mongol conquests were viewed as a bad thing, the information that was allowed to pass through the many different societies, because of the conquests, was invaluable. It allowed for