Another difference is in the view some of the sources had of the Mongols. The Chronicle of Novgorod, written in 1238 in Russia, depicts the Mongols as barbarians. The Mongols are stated to be godless, like locusts, and portrays their barbaric nature in the fact that they slew everyone that was hiding in a church from their attack. This is very different from the view in The Epitaph for the Honorable Menggu, which was written in 1274 by the Chinese in China. In Epitaph for the Honorable Menggu, Menggu is said to be a just governor who showed mercy to people. In part of the source, it states that when people rebelled he helped convince the prince to pardon the people and only kill the leaders. This is a very different view of the Mongols and sounds nothing like the ones in The Chronicle of Novgorod. …show more content…
One can learn from the similarities that there was trouble with bandits and that many people explored to see other cultures. The differences can show that viewpoints of the people producing the source can affect the way they portray the culture and other religions in there works. One thing that can be seen through the cultures producing the sources is that a lot of the cultures at the time were travelling. For example, China was traveling a lot at the time and were writing it down for later publication. Another thing that can be seen is that some cultures held themselves above other cultures. This applies to works such as the painting, Muhammad in Hell, which portrayed Muhammad as being tortured. This shows that some of the cultures producing the sources did not respect the cultures that were included in the