Analyze Continuities And Changes In The Mongol Empire 1206-1368

In the period of 1206-1368, the Mongolian Empire emerged. Although the empire had a lot of changes during its rule, the continuities were more significant than the changes.

The change that took place during the Mongolian Empire was that they made trade safer. The Mongols set up a legal code called the Yassa. Some of its policies stated that “lying, theft, and adultery are forbidden” and the whoever violates these commands is to be put to death. Since at that time there has been no court where you can go and plead your case, you were automatically put to death. Many people were scared to steal or to hurt other humans, so the bandits kept away from merchants. It was said that a man could walk from one end of the Mongol empire to the other with

Since paper money was increased and more roads were built, it was easier to trade. Some of the reasons why they made trade safer was because they wanted to maximize its use to bring more prosperity to the empire and to increase the Mongols rule over China and other regions. They also wanted to unite the empire through trade. Another change that took place during the Mongolian Empire rule was the government control. When Genghis Khan was the Khagan, he realized that he needed people who could govern cities and states which he conquered, since he was a nomad originally and thus had no experience governing cities. So he appointed some educated people to administer the empire. However the Mongolian Empire had not decided upon a regular, orderly system for transferring power, so after the death of Genghis Khan, the transfer of power was not smooth. Before his death, Genghis Khan divided the empire between his sons and grandsons into khanates designed as sub-territories. The sons and grandsons khans were expected to follow Genghis’ son, Ögedei Kha, who was named as the successor. The Mongols we later left

In the Yassa code, it stated that “all religions are to be respected and no preference is to be shown to any of them” and whoever violates this law is to be put to death. The Mongols were originally nomads whose sole purpose in life were to find food and survive, and they didn't have time to develop a complex form of religion since they were always hunting or fighting for food. When the Mongols conquered each region, it was harder to keep the empire united since it was so big, and if there was no religious toleration it would be even harder to unite it. The policy allowed easier governance of conquered territories.The reason the Mongols accepted all religions was because they were originally nomads. They did not care about other religions, their main priority was to survive. Religious toleration also proved as a good policy to keep people more happy and united. Another continuities was that the Mongolian Empire was never able to conquer Japan nor Africa. Mongolian Empire built ships to cross the ocean in order to conquer Japan. However, Japan was in luck. When the Mongols were crossing the water a terrible typhoon swept furiously across the Sea of Japan. The Mongols ships were broken to bits by the rocky ships and many Mongols drowned, and the rest were slaughtered by the Japanese. When the Mongols tried to advance into North Africa, they met with their first and