The Mongols

The Mongols were a pastoral people. After they brokeout from Mongolia they formed a large empire. The Mongol empire brought the civilizations of Europe, China and the Islamic world in contact with each other. They exploited the conquered people. Today there is evidence of the greatness of the ancient Roman and Greek empires. The Mongol empire on the other hand did not leave much being to be remembered by. Greeks are remembered today because of their great literary works, artistic sculptures, monuments and seminal thinkers like Socrates and Aristotle. The glories of the Roman empire are still visible today in architecture. In the Islamic empire, Islam was practiced as the common religion even by the conquered people. The Mongols did not try to spread their own faith to others.

Chinggis Khan when he became leader made it his aim to unite the entire world into one empire. He reorganized the military units. The Mongols because they were few in number included the conquered peoples in their military. Chinggis Khan's tactics were sometimes brutal. He sometimes wiped entire uncooperative groups of peoples. They Mongols developed efficient tax systems to extract taxes from conquered peoples. The Chinese and Muslims occupied posts with less important posts in the empire.
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