Chapter 11 For or Against the Mongols?

"The Mongols got a bad rap. In fact, they should be respected as a significant civilization that made long-term contributions to the development of the Eurasian world."

FOR THIS STATEMENT:
1. Mongols brought extensive agriculture to outer Eurasia than ever before
2. Mongols developing and advancing outer Eurasia helped bring more direct contact between Europe, China and the Islamic world
3. No religious imperialism, which as we learned from chapter 10, could have really prevented outside issues from other communities
4. Allowed merchants a 10% increase for goods as well as free use of their routs and relay stations
5. Civilian Mongols were taken care of equally after conquering places

AGAINST THIS STATEMENT:
1. Disciplined military came from a threat for anyone who abandoned the military
2. A lot of conquering and bloodshed in war
3. Forced the people in which they conquered to use their skills to work for the Mongols
4. Chinggis Kahn would only spare lives of skilled workers or laborers. For the most part those conquered were demolished
5. Mongols forbade interracial marriages with their civilians and the civilians of those societies in which they conquered

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