Genghis Khan's Influence On Mongolia

This individual rose from turmoil and united different clans for a common purpose. Seen as a barbarian, but is a peace maker in the oddest of ways. Genghis Khan, the leader of the Mongols is famous for pillaging, destroying, and raping of towns who do not bow to his people. Genghis Khan may be known for his terror, but it is under his leadership that the world in the fourteenth century drastically changes. Under him a period of Pax Mongolia arose, there is a revival in land route trading, and Russia became what it is today. Pax Mongolia is translated into a time of peace under Mongol control. Despite the fact that they raided and pillaged areas for amusement the vast Mongol Empire was entirely safe. Under Genghis Khan it was said that an individual can walk with a basket of gold from one end to the other and still have his gold intact. When it came to ruling the Mongols were far from harsh. If anything the Mongols were very lenient in terms of …show more content…
Russia was under the Mongolian claim longer than most of the other territories. Thus, it explains why Russia was always technologically behind compared to most European countries. With this in mind Genghis Khan left a huge impact on how Russia developed and was viewed. If it wasn’t for Mongolian rule Russia wouldn’t have fought off the Mongols and make a claim in their identity as a united group. If the Mongols had stayed longer, Russia wouldn’t have been the Russia that we know it as. With domination of Russia for roughly two hundred years Russia was able to build themselves as a potential superpower in the 1960s due to their need to industrialize at an alarming rate. In an unorthodox way Genghis Khan left an impact in the fourteenth century world. He may not have been a peace seeker like Gandhi or an activist like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, but he changed how trade was done, how Russia came to be, and instated a time of peace during this