Moastness And Influence Of The Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire’s vastness and influence has evidently affected and shaped what was Kievan Rus. The powerful Mongols, who were from China, attacked lucrative southern cities of Kievan Rus, including symbolic Kiev. The Mongols were attracted to the trade routes, and the people of Kievan Rus would soon undergo subjugation to the Golden Horde, a group of Mongols who ruled in the region.

The Mongols changed the dynamics, size, and nature of the demographic of Kievan Rus. With the help of their innovative technology that was inevitable to be superior to its opponents, the Mongols reduced the Kievan Rus population by 10%. Through their military assaults and campaigns, siege of towns, and innocent killings of commoners and residents, the Mongols

Not to mention, the bubonic plague made the population decrease by 25%. However, despite countless obstacles brought on by the Mongols, they later provided great economic opportunities. At first, people emigrated from the cities being targeted and moved to the countryside. Here, settlement and devastation prompted economic growth through the foundation of forty new towns and redistribution of population in new economic centers of Tver and Moscow. Craftsman were making more goods than ever and there were eventually finances to build churches and other construction projects. Economic recovery was attributed to commercial activity as the Golden Horde (which was part of the immense Mongol Empire) was known for its extensive commercial network. Sarai was a commercial center that encouraged Russian commerce. The reason why can be answered in terms of a Mongol strategy aimed to be even more powerful and well known. Mongols aimed this trade in the Baltics through Novgorod, which was influenced by Khan Mangu Temir to augment the town’s commercial interaction with its Swedish and German trading partners. This enabled merchants to travel and trade their items freely throughout Vladimir-Suzda, Italian colonies, and Astrakhan. This trade exchange for European silver, textiles, furs, silks, and spices stimulated the economic recovery,

The Daniilovich princess, appointed by the khans, gained territories and subordinated their dynatic opponents. This facilitated access to a larger pool of resources as well as their ability to collect taxes. Yet, power continued to be contested and changed. However, this expansion shows how the favor of khans played out as well as a shared attitude to expand outside the territory. Moreover, Russians had weakening bonds with each other and the Mongol invasion only exacerbated existing problems. The changing nature of succession brought confusion and a displacement of