The mongols Empire The mongol empire

The mongols Empire

The mongol empire

• The Mongols acquired the world’s largest land empire.
• They were a pastoral (nomadic) people from the region of Mongolia which consisted of family clans, unified by Temujin in the 1160’s.

Genghis khan

• In 1206 Genghis Khan (Strong Ruler) formerly known as Temujin was elected in the Gobi desert to rule Mongolia and he devoted himself to conquest.
• He set up a capital city at Karakorum.
• His armies traveled both east and westward to create the world’s largest empire ever.

Genghis the conqueror

• He was a brilliant organizer, he grouped his warriors in groups of 10,000 as the Chinese had done.
• He then set them up in to 1,000 man brigades, 100 man companies, and 10 man platoons.
• His very effective strategy in battle was to pretend that the battle was over then gallop away. When the enemy was sure that the battle was over a second wave of soldiers would suddenly appear and defeat the unprepared enemy.

Cruelty as a weapon

• Genghis used new technologies that he learned from his enemies to torture them.
• He had the Chinese build guns, catapults and cannons that he would later use to kill them with.
• With the new technology he took city after city and if any city denied him access in he would later kill the cities entire population.
• Eventually, people so feared him that they would simply surrender and avoid a fight all together.

After death of Genghis khan

• In 1227 Khan dies and his empire began to change.
• The Khans heirs divided his empire and it was split into khanates(separate territories).
• Each Khanate was ruled by one of his sons.

The mongol peace

• From 1200-1300 the Mongol Rulers imposed a period of stability and law and order in most of Eurasia.
• They allowed safe passage of trade caravans, travelers, and missionaries from one end of the empire to another.
• Many historians believe that it was this peaceful time when the Bubonic Plague spread throughout Europe and Asia.

Thank you for attention Munisa Akhmatova 2005 mt