The Mongol Empire spanned across 9 million square miles at its height (Szczepanski). The Mongol Empire was a kingdom that rose to power in the 1200s, taking control of central Asia. They fought viscously and quickly, when they conquered everything around them. Many villages were left to ruin in the Mongol attacks, both from their attacks and the plagues that spread with them. However, it’s clear that the Mongolians had an effect on the people across the world. The effects are mostly positive, because it brought together Eurasia and also allowed knowledge to grow.
Moreover, for all the horrible things that the Mongol did to people to get the Empire there, they also made it safer for people to travel. Normal people couldn’t travel because it
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Due to the Silk Road, people often were encouraged to have connections and with that information spread like wildfire and many different areas flourished. One of them that grew, under Mongol rule, was medicine. As they wanted to keep their armies healthy, many hospitals were opened. Along with that training centers to grow upon that knowledge and teach others (Szczepanski). In addition to that, medicine wasn’t the only thing that expanded under their guidance, another was art. With all different kinds of cultures mixing, a common denominator for all was art. This can be seen in some Chinese porcelain that has Afghan lapis lazuli in it; the kind of lapis lazuli that is only found in Afghanistan. Also there are Golden Horde artifacts that have Persian elements to it (“The Mongols”). This shows that other cultures shared what they had and knew with others. Mongols were good at spreading other inventions; a time this happened was with guns and gunpowder. The Chinese invented guns and gunpowder, nonetheless it was the Mongols who used them and made them more popular and widespread (Szczepanski); that is only one of the times that the Mongols extended the reach of something. The Mongol Empire furthered knowledge across the known world at the