In history, the world has faced with war with people going against with each other but, was there a popular group who caused this catastrophe? In matter of fact there was, the Mongols. The Mongols, a nomadic tribe, who followed their leader, Temuchin or known as Genghis Khan, swept country after country to get their ways with savage and cruel demolition. The word ‘barbaric’ is defined to be, “savagely cruel;exceedingly brutal” which in this case, fits to the Barbarians. Due to the influence from Genghis Khan to his tribe causing destruction, here are reasons why the Barbarians were Barbaric.
The influence of Genghis Khan started the Mongols to have savage acts. As a kid, Khan was a fighter after the death of his parents and fought for leadership in the Mongol clan then becoming a leader. Khan’s first attempt of invasion were the Chinese enemies. As it says on the Background Document, “Numerous Chinese cities felt Mongol brutality. Slaughter was so great that the streets of the Chinese capital were greasy with human fat and flesh.” This proves that Genghis Khan’s movement were brutal, even in his first target wipe out the city. Despite that the Chinese capital was swept away, even his actions…show more content… Document 1 shows a graph of the world were the Mongol Empire traveled to conquer their targets. Below the chart they have Genghis Khan as the first conqueror and how many square miles he has conquered. Khan has approximately conquered 4,860,000 square miles beating Alexander the Great and Adolf Hitler! In Document 4 claims that in year 1258 in Baghdad, the report of deaths were around 800,000 - 2,000,000. Supporting Document 5, a image of one of the civilizations death, most likely Persia because of the writing below, put to death and the other side were the Mongols.This proves that the cause of destruction from the Mongols, increased the death
