What other leaders in world history does Chinggis Khan (also known as Genghis Khan) remind you of? Alexander the Great? Napoleon? Hitler? Someone else? Or does he seem completely unique and one of a kind? Explain your perspective by referring to some of Chinggis Khan's goals, methods, beliefs, and achievements.

 

Answer:

Genghis Khan is considered as a universal ruler.

Goals

• Destroy individual tribes in Northeast Asia and unite them under his rule

Methods:

• Ground Tactics
• Use of Kharash
• Religious Tolerance
• Trading System
• Polygamy method

Beliefs:

• He was tolerant of different religions.
•  Ideology of Supremacy

Achievements

• Invasion of China.
• Conquered Almost All of Western Asia
• Improving Mongolian Culture
• Unifying The Mongolia Plateau

Step-by-step explanation

Genghis Khan is considered as a universal ruler.

• A strong leader endears himself to others by appreciating their unique talents. Khan was famously loyal to his people, valuing such qualities as honesty, honor, and flair above all else.
• Genghis Khan fought expansively to actualize his ideology of supremacy. He apparently believed intensely in his favor with god, but worked hard for himself. That seems to be the disparate pattern of beliefs that imply war.
• Every time, he captured one tribe, he doesn't killed them all. He let them practiced their own culture and religion.
• The Mongols' cosmopolitan culture co-existed with totalitarian political practice.

Goals

Destroy individual tribes in Northeast Asia and unite them under his rule

• Genghis Khan was born "Temujin" in Mongolia around 1162. He married at age 16, but had many wives during his lifetime. At 20, he began building a large army with the intent to destroy individual tribes in Northeast Asia and unite them under his rule

Methods:

Ground Tactics

• The Mongol army was the dominant military force of the 13th century. Never very large, it relied on superior tactics and speed, and was like one massive well-disciplined cavalry which moved rapidly, adapted quickly to changing situations and followed complex battle strategies.
• Once an enemy force was located, the Mongols would try to avoid risky or reckless frontal assaults. Instead they would use diversionary attacks to fix the enemy in place, while their main forces sought to outflank or surround the foe. First the horse archers would lay down a barrage of arrow fire.

Use of Kharash

• A commonly used Mongol tactic involved the use of the kharash. The Mongols would gather prisoners captured in previous battles, and would drive them forward in sieges and battles. These "shields" would often take the brunt of enemy arrows and crossbow-bolts, thus somewhat protecting the ethnically Mongol warriors.

Religious Tolerance

• Rather than antagonize conquered peoples by suppressing their religion, the Mongols exempted religious leaders from taxation and allowed free practice of religion whether it be Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Manichaeism, Daoism or Islam. This policy ensured an easier governance of conquered territories.

Trading system

• The nomadic way of life helped Mongols to realize the significance of trade. ... The steppe land of Central Asia produced no food for them; hence, the only mean of their survival was trading. They exchanged horses, furs etc, for the agricultural products and iron utensils of China.

Polygamy method

• Genghis Khan had six Mongolian wives and over 500 concubines. Geneticists estimate that 16 million men alive today are genetic descendants of Genghis Khan, making him one of the most prolific patriarchs in history. 4. He was not just a ruthless conqueror.
• The heirs to Genghis Khan were also prolific. One of his children was thought to have had 40 sons of his own by wives and concubines, with an unknown number of children from many other women. These children of Khan having had many more children helped to expand his genetic legacy across the continent.

Beliefs:

He was tolerant of different religions.

• He passed laws declaring religious freedom for all and even granted tax exemptions to places of worship. This tolerance had a political side—the Khan knew that happy subjects were less likely to rebel—but the Mongols also had an exceptionally liberal attitude towards religion

Ideology of supremacy

• Genghis Khan fought expansively to actualize his ideology of supremacy. He apparently believed intensely in his favor with god, but worked hard for himself. That seems to be the disparate pattern of beliefs that imply war.

Achievements

Invasion of China.

• Genghis Khan did not just invade China but gained control of all the land to the western flank of the Great Wall of China.

Conquered Almost All of Western Asia

• He also ventured far out to the eastern front, as far as Otrar. He also defeated the Russians across the Caucasus.

Improving Mongolian Culture

• Genghis Khan emphasize on absorbing various culture of advanced nation and the learned people, offer seats for them wherever they come from. Talents from Uighur, Qidan and Han were collected around him made great contribution to the Mongolian culture. The lag and obscuration Mongolian culture had been changed after the unification, greatly promoted the society development.

Unifying The Mongolia Plateau

• Genghis Khan set up his grand empire under serious atmosphere with great intelligence and great mind, conquering many tribes and at last unifying the plateau, setting up the Great Mongolian Empire
• The unification of Mongolia ended the combating confusion between tribes, forging them into one firm and displined country, bringing the prairie order and peace, along with convenience for development.

SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Mongol_Empire

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