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Compare And Contrast Mongol Rule In China And Russia

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While both Russia and China built strong centralized governments after breaking free from the Mongols, Russia imitated the culture and technology of Europe while China became isolated and built upon its foundations. Both Russia and China following Mongol rule had local government structures that survived Mongol control and immediately tried to reinstate control of their respecting territories. Ivan the III established himself as autocratic ruler of Russia in the late 15th century under the title of tsar. Tsar is a title of Byzantine origin is a word derived from caesar. Russia’s traditional local government remained intact following the return of Russian authority as did the royal hierarchy that Russia had before the Mongols. Due to …show more content…

Russia was heavily taxed while under Mongol rule. Russian princes often exempted themselves from these taxes and made their peasants compensate by paying more. This led to shortages of precious metals in the local economy due to the vast amounts of silver and gold leaving Russia and going to the Mongols. The Mongols in an attempt to fix Russia’s failing economy by introducing paper money which ultimately failed. In result of this Russia was left in terrible depression and reverted back to the barter system for transactions. Russia following the release of Mongol control sought to imitate the culture and innovations of western Europe after being impeded by what is called the “Mongol Yoke” which portrays the isolation from the innovations in western Europe during Mongol control. Russia used the orthodox Church as a reconstructive force which oriented Russia toward the Byzantine Empire. Due to this fact Russia did not cut themselves off entirely with western Europe and after the fall of the Constantinople in 1453 this relationship …show more content…

The Ming brought back the civil service exam instead of the synthesized version the Mongols were using. The Mongols tried to give the appearance that everything was the same as previous Chinese dynasties when in reality they had only foreign officials ruling the government. The result of bringing back Confucianism as the leading government philosophy brought back the civil service exam and meritocracy. The Ming did this to return China back to its previous glory and they thought the best way to do this was by building on its foundations. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty during the 15th century China was a direct participant in the global trade as is seen in the Voyages of Zheng He. Zheng He was an admiral sent by emperor Yongle to explore new trade routes and countries. However, Yongle's death ended this period of Chinese expansion. This was because Zheng He failed to bring back anything of importance during his voyages that would justify the expense. The Ming Dynasty returned Chinese control and authority to China after a period of foreign rule under the Mongols during the Yuan Dynasty. China in response to this control developed Xenophobia the irrational fear or extreme dislike of outside influence. The result of this was that China previously a pioneer in trade and exploration with inventions such as the astrolabe and magnetic compass retreated back

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The Mongols allowed princes to keep ruling; however, they were under the control of military leaders and payed taxes to them. In China, the Mongols appointed a Khan to rule. For the most part, the Mongols maintained the Chinese government as it had previously been. They used Chinese administrative practices, techniques of taxation and their postal system. However, the Mongols largely ignored the traditional Chinese examination system and relied heavily on foreigners to serve as government officials.

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All the great empires , most notably the Byzantine and Mongols were all defeated after enjoying long periods of success. Mongols were successful because they were interacting with many countries because of their conquests. Conquering others allowed the trade routes in Asia to move north. All these great countries and civilizations were so successful , mostly in part that they all worked together and their ideas spread to one another.

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The Yuan Dynasty under the Mongol empire has an extensive amount of public works as they built granaries to protect the dynasty from famine, and created large road and water networks. These public works allowed for the people to have large surplus of food and water and also be able to travel in a more organized manner with the road system created (New World Encyclopedia, Country Studies). Everyone in the Yuan dynasty had access to these public works as they were used to the economy and to keep everyone fed. While having these very useful public works the Yuan dynasty also had lots of techniques using technology for warfare and engineering. While using new warfare technology from the Chinese the Yuan were able to create a strategy to take down fortification by studying the way forts were made.

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In the 1200s Two very different Empires were thriving and have become very well known and they were called, the Islamic Empire and the Mongol Empire. Even though they are similar, they are far more different than alike. One reason they are far more different is because, they used very different ways of conquering to get more land so they could expand their Empires. The way Mongols conquered land from others was by warfare. If the Mongol Empire was shown any resistance they would show no mercy.

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Genghis Khan has been accused of multiple crimes over the years, many of which forever affect civilization as we know it. These charges include hatred for eurasian societies and ineffective organization and administration of conquered territories. While accusations such as slaughter of innocents stand true, the two accusations mentioned earlier are false beyond a shadow of a doubt when factual evidence is brought up. “Taking Control” by Timothy May highlights how Mongolian civilization relied heavily on effectively organizing and managing conquered territories. Mongols never denied the fact that their civilization was small compared to others before the invasions that were conquered by the Mongols under Genghis Khan.

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Timothy May does an amazing job at describing and hooking the reader into the stories of the Mongols and their conquests. From the beginning, May, a specialist in the Mongol Empire, the Crusades and the author and co-author of four books is clear about his point of view on this point in history from the start, by informing the reader everything from the rise of Chinggis Khan, to the fall of the empire he starts off by acknowledging the importance of the Mongol Empire and the importance that Chinggis had for the growth and prosperity of the empire. Farther along the book, May stated this book is more for professors and student audience, yet he uses a normal not too over the top vocabulary that perfectly describe the Mongol Empire without making

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In the mid 13th century, the Mongols conquered large amounts of land as a result of having a great military ruler, Genghis Khan. He was responsible for setting up khanates all over Asia in order to conquer and control more land in a more efficient manner. With this system in place the Mongol Empire spread rapidly. The purpose of these khanates was to help control land when Genghis could not be there, their was too much land for one man to control. Genghis khan was known to be a very smart and ruthless leader.

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