Topic > The Mongols: How barbaric were the "barbarians"?

Genghis Kahn conquered a total of 4,860,000 square miles. This is more than double the amount snared by Alexander the Great, the second most successful conqueror. The amount of land conquered by Genghis Kahn is more than a million square miles greater than the entire area of ​​the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. (doc A) The pain inflicted by Khan and his army during their conquests was unfathomably merciless, demented and "barbaric". His victories are the result of inhumane actions and methods. (doc D and doc F) The law code he applied was ruthless and inflexible. (doc K and doc N) Very few of his successful methods were harmless. (doc L) Huge deaths of inhabitants have occurred. (doc E and doc I) The only recognized religions were monotheistic ones. (doc H, doc G and doc M) The Mongol Empire was infinitely more barbaric than any other empire seen before the 13th century. The people that the Mongol Empire overthrew were the only ones to suffer under Genghis Khan's murderous methods. Khan's army was also forcibly traumatized with maniacal methods: “Genghis Khan ordered the army to be organized in such a way that more than ten men should besiege a man and he is what we call a captain of ten. [...] When in battle, if one or two or even more than a group of ten flee, they are all put to death; and if a group of ten flees, all the others of the group of one hundred are put to death, if they do not also flee. [...] Likewise if one or two or more bravely rush into battle, then the other ten are put to death if they do not follow them, and if one or more of the ten are captured, their companions are put to death to death if they don't save them." (doc B) Each group of ten was expected to perform a counterpart… in the center of the paper… retrospectively. The menacing creature that is Genghis Kahn has gone too far to gain as much power as he does. His strategies did not allow for failure. Unfortunately, his success came from a sociopathic point of view. Every victory for Khan was a loss for everyone else. (doc D and doc F) The legal codes composed by Kahn were ridiculously unjust and kindled insolence in all men. (Doc K and Doc N) The yam system was the only completely harmless innovation/method created by Kahn. (doc L) Meanwhile, millions of people were still being systematically murdered by Genghis and his stupendous army. (doc E and doc I) All religions, except monotheistic ones, were practically snubbed. (doc H, doc G and doc M). The Mongols will always remain the “barbarians,” because if a society were to emerge that, by some supernatural force, surpassed the brazenness of the Mongol Empire, it would be the end of the world as we know it..