What Is The Pax Mongolica Dbq

Sydney Resnick

Accelerated History- G

Ms. Nehill

3/15/18

The Pax Mongolica

The Pax Mongolica was one of the first and most significant peace areas created, forced by power, changing the lives and experiences of the people in that vast region. The agreement helped people who had been enemies for many years work, trade and thrive together. This peace agreement between the Mongols and many other countries, including those of their own empire, helped merchants feel protected and safe while traveling, allowing them to expand the area in which they sold products. It also helped congregate people of different cultures that were ruled by Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader. New systems were made and old systems were adapted to, to create the Pax Mongolica. Some policies allowed for the Muslims to create the Pax Mongolica and they did it affect Europe and Asia greatly.

The Pax Mongolica, also referred to as the “Mongol Peace,” was in effect during the 13th and 14th centuries. When we think of Genghis Khan and the Mongols, the

This primary source quotation is from the 2010 DBQ Project, in Document M, “We Mongols believe that there is but one God, by Whom we live by Whom we die and towards Him we have an upright heart. But just as God gave different fingers to the hand so has He given different ways to men.” This quotation shows that God is trying to pull everyone together and unify them. This is what the Pax Mongolica was created to do. The trade allowed everyone to distribute and collect the goods that they needed. The Pax Mongolica made it so the trade along the Silk Road was safe and people felt protected. A quotation that describes how the new found peace was very impactful to the trade it is, “A young woman with a sack of gold could ride from one end of the empire to another and no one would trouble her” (Craughwell 11). This is showing how the Mongol Peace affected the empire