Genghis Khan
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Genghis Khan: A brief leadership biography
Genghis Khan's greatest feat of military leadership will likely be never replicated: he began as a humble member of a small tribe and created the largest empire the world has ever known, an empire which included most of central Asia and China. Khan's successors further expanded his empire into "Vietnam, Syria and Korea. At their peak, the Mongols controlled between 11 and 12 million contiguous square miles, an area about the size of Africa" (Genghis Khan, 2013, History.com). Although the phrase the 'Mongol hordes' has become a synonym for barbarism, certain aspects of Genghis Khan's leadership was extremely forward-thinking. First and foremost, he was able to unite the disparate,…...
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Genghis Khan. (2013). History.com. Retrieved from:
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Holiday, R. (2012). 9 lessons in leadership from Genghis Khan. Forbes. Retrieved from:
Genghis Khan is one of those figures from history that the average person has heard about, and perhaps knows a little something about, but the real biographical details may be fuzzy. This paper seeks to present the relevant data about Khan, along with a timeline and a map of the remarkable amount of territory that Khan ruled at one time.
Genghis Khan Biographical Information
Genghis Khan was born in Mongolia around the year 1155, although there is some disagreement about that precise date. He is said to have had many wives in his lifetime, and he started his marriage experiences quite young -- at the age of 16, according to Biography.com. By the age of 20, Khan already was developing a large army of men, with a specific goal to "…destroy individual tribes in Northeast Asia" and to unite them all under his leadership. He did not fail in his goal, in…...
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Genghis Khan: Background Genghis Khan (nee Temujin) was born around the year 1162 on what is now the border between Mongolia and Siberia (“Genghis Khan,” n.d.). At the time Temujin was born, the Mongols were far from being the mighty empire history would remember them for. On the contrary, the Mongols were a collection of nomadic tribes that warred with each other frequently. Temujin was himself witness to the wanton violence and aggression of patriarchal clan leaders, one of which was his own father. His father had kidnapped his mother, forced her into marriage, only before being poisoned himself by another enemy clan (“Genghis Khan,” n.d.). After his father’s death, Temujin’s family was kicked out of their own clan and forced to fend for itself. Unlike his peers, Temujin cultivated a desire to create major changes in Mongol society. Temujin married Borte in 1178, and started to forge strategic alliances with…...
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Alvarez, S. (2014). The art of war under Chinggis Qahan (Genghis Khan). De Re Military. “Battle Tactics,” (n.d.). Behind the scenes: Establishing an empire. http://genghiskhan.fieldmuseum.org/behind-the-scenes/establishing-an-empire/battle-tactics“Battle of Yehuling,” (n.d.). https://redrosebrothers.wordpress.com/tag/battle-of-yehuling/“Genghis Khan,” (n.d.). History. https://www.history.com/topics/genghis-khanMandal, D. (2016). 10 surprising things you should know about the Mongol soldier. Realm of History. https://www.realmofhistory.com/2016/02/10/10-facts-you-should-know-about-the-mongol-soldier/“Mongol Army: Tactics, Weapons, Revenge, and Terror,” (n.d.). http://factsanddetails.com/asian/cat65/sub423/item2696.html“What Made the Mongol Army So Successful?” (n.d.). https://www.historyonthenet.com/what-made-the-mongol-army-so-successful/http://deremilitari.org/2014/06/the-art-of-war-under-chinggis-qahan-genghis-khan/
Charlemagne Genghis Khan. Please language simple clear. Thank,
Charlemagne and Genghis Khan were two of the most notable leaders in all of history and by studying their behavior one is likely to observe traits characteristic to exceptional leaders. Both of them managed to rule over most of the continents they were born on by imposing their strategies effectively and subduing many large communities without even using violence in some cases. From the moment when they became leaders and until the last years of their lives these two leaders succeeded in putting across strategic thinking and to defeat most of their enemies with little to no efforts.
After the death of his father, Pepin the Short, Charlemagne became King of Franks and got actively involved in a campaign meant to reinforce his kingdom and to emphasize his power over the continent. Charlemagne's empire developed in the greatest European empire ever since the…...
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Improvements to The Chinese System and Ideals Done by Kublai Khan
Introduction
Genghis Khan moved his troops into the quasi Chinese Chin-rule north China in 1211, and in 1215 they crushed the capital city. Hisson Ogodei vanquished all of North China by 1234 and ruled it from 1229 to 1241. Genghis Khan's grandson, Kublai Khan, vanquished the Chinese Southern Song in 1279, and out of the blue all of China was under foreign rule (Johnson, 2014).
In 1271 Kublai Khan named his administration Yuan which signifies "origin of the universe." The Yuan tradition in China kept going from 1279 to 1368. Kublai Khan took after a speculative approach of Sinicization, that is, he adjusted to the Chinese method for administering and when you take a look at his picture, he looks especially like other Chinese rulers. Then again, in spite of the fact that he utilized some Chinese in low positions in the…...
China and the Mongol Conquest
China and Mongol Conquest
The 13th century saw the influence of the Mongol Empire which Genghis Khan established stretching from the borders of Poland in the west to the East around Yellow Sea. Grandson of Genghis named Kublai Khan was the ruler of this empire in 1260 after which he went a head to consolidate his power when he relinquish the Mongol conquests outside China and established his capital where modern-day Beijing is now located.
As Venetian merchants, Nicolo Polo and his brother traveled overland in 1260 to the Mongol capital where they remained within the court of Khan until when they reached Venice in 1269. The two merchant once again traveled (though dangerous trip) to Kublai Khan's court in 1271 accompanied by their seventeen-year-old son Marco. They had to take three and a half years before their adventure came to an end. After staying with the Khan…...
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Jeffrey Hays (2008) "MARCO POLO." http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=48
Morris Rossabi (2004) "The Mongols in China." Columbia University. http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/china/china.htm
civilizations have often resulted in dramatic changes to both sides. Peaceful encounters bring transfers to new goods, new technologies and new ideas, while encounters built on conflict can change outlooks, governments and ways of life. A violent culture clash occurred with the Crusades, while a more peaceful meeting of the cultures occurred with traders from Europe (especially Venetians) heading eastward to Asia. These two encounters between civilizations would lead to much of what we see in the geopolitical world today. We have conflict in the Middle East between the Arab world and the Western world. We also see global trade as a major driving force in the world. This trade also would eventually lead to the age of exploration and mass colonization.
The rise of Islam and the response of Christian Europe during the Crusades not only characterized its era, being one of the most important events of the time,…...
Mongol Empire: Advantages and DisadvantagesTrade between the Far East and the Mediterranean world has ancient roots. Yet, it was only in the late th century that Europeans started forming direct trade links with China, India, and the famed Spice Islands of Indonesia. These connections had profound implications for European imagination and economic importance. However, a significant event for Asian populations was the emergence of the Mongol Empire, which made these connections possible (Coffin et al., 2019).The rapid expansion of the Mongol army and their conquest of vast Eurasian territories between 1206-1227 and 1229-1294 astonished the world. Historians and ethnologists continue to investigate the Mongols and their brief rule of todays known world. Although Europe managed to recover from the turmoil through the enaissance and the onset of the Age of Exploration, the Muslim world suffered the most, never able to reclaim its lost golden age. The Mongols instigated the continued…...
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Some Chinese researchers assert that Chinese flutes may have evolved from of Indian provenance.
In fact, the kind of side-blon, or transverse, flutes musicians play in Southeast Asia have also been discovered in Africa, India, Saudi Arabia, and Central Asia, as ell as throughout the Europe of the Roman Empire. This suggests that rather than originating in China or even in India, the transverse flute might have been adopted through the trade route of the Silk Road to Asia. In addition to these transverse flutes, Southeast Asians possessed the kind of long vertical flutes; similar to those found in Central Asia and Middle East.
A considerable amount of similarities exist beteen the vertical flutes of Southeast Asia and flutes from Muslim countries. This type of flute possibly came from Persians during the ninth century; during the religious migration to SEA. Likeise, the nose-blon flute culture, common to a number of traditional African…...
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Other imperialist powers continued to exploit immensely naturally rich country and still made use of Force Publique, the army of mercenaries that Leopold had employed for his sinister objectives. They also used the tactics employed by Leopold to extract rubber in their own colonies. ith the outbreak of First orld ar, the world largely forgot about Congo and its horrifying past. Instead of showing outrage against Belgium for allowing such brutalities in one of their colonies, the Allies actually started the war against Germany on the pretext that it was trying to protect Belgium. It had taken just a few years for them to forget that "only a decade or two earlier, it was the King of the Belgians whose men in Africa had cut off hands." (p296)
"King Leopold's Ghost" confirms what Joseph Conrad had written in the Heart of Darkness. However what is really unfortunate is the politics…...
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Adam Hochschild. King Leopold's Ghost. A story of greed, terror and heroism in colonial Africa. Macmillan, 1998,
Mental breakdown and psychological distress also follow. Good leaders are effective communicators and have the empathy to read warning signs of mental breakdown. They are able to address mental health situations before they start.
You will know bad leadership when you see it. Organizations that are run poorly suffer from the same types of problems including inefficiency, poor financial performance and high incidence of workplace injury and mental health problems. Simply put, bad leadership is hazardous to your health.
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Smith, D. (2006). The high cost of bad leadership. Douglas K. Smith. Retrieved November 6, 2009 from http://www.douglasksmith.com/2006/01/the_high_cost_of_bad_leadershi.htm
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Architecture
Naturally, the ruins of Cuzco and Machu Pichu of which some monuments and constructions are intact tells us that the Ican were master masons and builders. Large slabs of stone were put together to design these complex and beautiful structures. (Kleiner and Mamiya, 2006) What is also interesting is that there was no cement or mortar put between the stones to hold them in place. The massive stones fit together so well, that they could not be dislodged. It has also stood the test of time. There has been a significant scientific effort to find out (using computers and simulations) how the Incas built these monuments without the benefit of advances of science. Various theories have been advanced, but modern science cannot explain Incan architecture. (Hemmings and anney, 1982)
The End of the Incan Civilization
It is said that the end of the civilization happens from within. The weight of advances cannot…...
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Bauer, Brian S. The Sacred Landscape of the Inca: The Cusco Ceque System. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1998.
Hemmings, John, and Edward Ranney. Monuments of the Incas. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982.
Julien, Catherine. Reading Inca History. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000.
Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art through Teh Ages: Non-Western Perspectives. New York: Thomson and Wadsworth, 2006.
As Stephen Goode states (1998, p. 19) Gibbon's magnificent and memorable story is how difficult equilibrium is to maintain. Such equilibrium was based in most part on the emperor's character. A bad emperor would mean mad times. "The evil imperializing genius of Augustus placed this delicate balance in jeopardy," Gibbon writes, as one of his major themes of his book: That is, when imperial power is misused as it often was, the result was sapping the virtue of the state and initiating the decline of the living and strong political life that had maintained ome during the epublic and created its greatness.
Gibbon was the major critic of the oman Empire, and as detailer of its decline, he explains the loss of the public support and withdrawal of citizens from personal involvement in the life of the empire: "Their personal valor remained, but they no longer possessed that public courage…...
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Craddock, P. (1989) Edward Gibbon. Luminous Historian. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
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Alexander had taken Roxana, a Bactrian princess as one of his many wives, however, his Macedonian officers rebelled at his attempt to force them to intermarry with the Persians and "resisted his Eastern ways and his vision of an empire governed by tolerance," and although there was a mutiny, it was unsuccessful (Alexander Pp).
In 323, while planning a sea voyage around Arabia, Alexander caught a fever and died at the age of thirty-three (Alexander Pp). His generals then began quarreling about the division of rule, and his only son, Alexander Aegus, born to Roxana after Alexander's death, was "destined for a short and pitiful life" (Alexander Pp).
hether Alexander had designs for a world empire is debatable, however, what is true and factual is that he accomplished greater conquests than anyone before him, he simply did not have time to mold the governments of the all the lands he had…...
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Of course, the much shorter pleated skirt we now associate with modern Japanese school girls is also a chic look, and the carrying over of this simple design into a popular and often fetish-linked fashion for Western girls of modern times is an important note of timelessness.
Court" Fashion for Japanese Males, Asuka Period (593-710):
Eastern influence is not reserved for Westerners alone, as one can see in Asuka and Nara period clothing designs from Japan. Chinese influence was strong during this time period for clothing styles in Japan between 593 to 794 AD. uddhism and Chinese culture design was popularized by the imperial court members that wore clothing of this kind. The hakama trousers remained intact, but without the binding ties below the knee that earlier periods had emphasized. The upper garment of this period, the "ho" ("Japanese Dress in Former Times...") was less form fitting than previous designs, sporting…...
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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. "Orientalism - East Meets West." Galley of Fashion. January 2005. http://gbacg.org/orientalism_fashion.htm
At-Home Dress." Metropolitan Museum of Art. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/orie/hod_1994.302.1.htm
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In an essay, an attention grabber is known as the essay hook. To help you out on your world civilization essay, we have put together a few topics, essay hooks, and thesis statements you could use for a world civilization essay.
World Civilization Essay Topics
Chapter 1: Ancient Civilizations
The Rise and Fall of the Sumerian City-States
The Indus Valley Civilization: Unraveling the Enigma
The Ancient Egyptian Civilization: Pyramids, Pharaonic Power, and Daily Life
The Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations: Maritime Masters of the Aegean
The Zhou Dynasty and the Birth of Chinese Civilization
Chapter 2: Classical Civilizations
The Athenian Golden Age: Democracy, Philosophy, and the Arts
The Roman Empire: Conquests, Governance, and the Pax Romana
The Mauryan Empire: From Chandragupta to Ashoka's Legacy
The Hellenistic World: A Syncretic Blend of Greek and Persian Cultures
The Han Dynasty: China's Ascendancy and Technological Innovations
Chapter 3: Medieval Civilizations
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