How Barbaric Were the Mongols?
W orld H is to ry M r. M attk e N am e: How Barbaric W ere the Mongols? Step 2: Documents, Part 1 (As you analyze the document set for the first time , please address the following questions). Document A Source 1 Source: map compiled from various sources Source 2 Source: table compiled from various sources 1. What areas of the world did the Mongols divide up, and what purpose could this have served? C hin a, C en tr a l A sia , P ers ia , R ussia T o 2. What major cities appear to have been under Mongol control? 3. What does the size of Genghis Khan’ s empire tell us about his successes in battle? Document B Source: John of Plano Carpini, Franciscan emissary of Pope Innocent IV to Karakorum from 1245-1247 1. How did Genghis Khan or ganize his army? 2. What appear to have been the cor e values of Mongol society , based on this account?Document C Source 1 Source: Ata-Malik Juvani, excerpt from Genghis Khan: The History of the W orld Conquer or , edited by UNESCO and Manchester University Press, 1997. Source 2 1. Please describe what happened in Nishapur . Do you believe this account? Why or why not? 2. Why do you believe the casualties at the hands of the Mongols spiked after 1220?
Document D Source: Charles J. Halperin, Russia and the Golden Hor de , Indiana University Press, 1985. 1. What industries did the Mongols promote? 2. What were the characteristics of the “Pax Mongolica?” Document E Source: W illiam of Rubruck, The Journey of W illiam of Rubruck , translated by a nun of Stanbrook Abbey , edited by Christopher Dawson, London: Sheed and W ard, 1955. 1. What is the Mongol opinion of r eligion ? Provide an example from the passage, and how does this differ from societies that we have previously studied?
Document F 1. How did the Mongols view women in their society? What were the roles of women ? 2. What appears to have been the Mongol opinion of drunkenness ? What might explain this opinion?
Step 2: Documents, Part 2 (As you analyze the document set a second time, please look for more br oad trends. Remember , you are looking for evidence as to whether or not the Mongols wer e “barbaric.” ) DOCUMENT WHA T DOES IT TELL/SHOW US? (1 SPECIFIC thing) PROOF OF WHETHER MONGOLS WERE “BARBARIC?” (Y es/No…why?) Document A :
Map Document B :
General European Perceptions Document C :
Outcome of Siege W arfare Document D :
Commerce Document E :
Religion Document F :
Mongolian Law Codes
