It is 1218, I have been growing up the with the mindset to have no fear, but war and violence in my nomadic empire. Overlooking my camp, I begin to think about how I have spent fifteen years preparing myself to become one of the warriors of an army known to be contained of fearsome fighters in Central Asia. Ever since I was young enough to remember, I have been training with horses by hunting and herding them. Now that I am of age to be a part of the military life, I was given four horses to alternate with, so each one can have a chance to rest and prepare to fight. Being a Mongolian warrior, I have attended meetings to practice different war tactics, this will make our empire more advanced in capturing any city or army that walks into our tracks. My clothing is made to handle any climate change, ropes, and lamellar armor which are light as a feather, but heavy enough to reduce breaking when going to our targeted destination. The armor has rectangular plates made from iron and leather that was imported from Sub-Sahara Africa. When I am not wearing my lamellar armor, I wear my form fitting rope, called a del. For …show more content…
We started capturing the cities throughout the Silk Road while still making our way to the destination of the Persian Empire. I came across a Muslim merchant, he began persuading me to convert my religion. I asked him, “what is your purpose for walking on the Silk Road?” He began to say, “every day my Muslim clan and I will travel the Silk Road creating strong motivations for non-Muslims to convert to Islam.” This Muslim merchant travels all the way to cities of China and expanding further east. He explained to us that there is no question about going home for him. He mentions some of his clan will go home, but he goes to portions of the Silk Road that was set aside for him and other members of his clan to settle in that also have