Genghis Khan and the making of the Modern World Essays -- Civilization

When the word Mongol is said I automatically think minus thoughts about uncultured, barbaric people who are horribly cruel and violent. That is provided because I have only heard the word used to eviscerate such a person. I have never really registered both initial cultivation I have been taught about the subject go past the point of needing and having to know it. I felt quite incompetent on the subject and one time I was given an assignment on the book, Genghis caravansary and the Making of the Modern Age, I was very perplexed for two reasons. oneness I have to read an outside book for a discipline that already requires a substantial amount of time reading the text, and second I have to write a research paper in History. I got over it and read the book, which surprisingly enough interested me a enceinte deal and allow me to receive the Moguls for more than just a barbaric group of Neanderthals, but quite a group of intend driven warriors with a common goal of unity and progression. Jack Weatherfords work has given me insight on and swayed my opinion of the Mongols.Jack Weatherford showed great enthusiasm and passion while depicting Genghis Khan as a great leader, who was responsible for the unity of people and various other accomplishments. He had a very positive attitude toward the subject, although he didnt particularize out to write a book about him, but rather on about the history of world commerce. In the process of researching the Silk way he traveled to Mongolia and gain vital first hand information into the vast accomplishments of Genghis Khan and the Mongols (xxx). He seems upset about previous ideas that many may have believed that highlight his beloved Mongols in anything but a positive and respectful light. He also expresses feelings about later Mon... ...ed Chinese culture then and still does now. The Mongol Global Awakening caused impudent technological advancement, such as carpenters using general adze slight and adapted mor e specialized tools. There were new crops developed as well (235). The Mongol preeminence was destroyed as a ensue of the Black Plague. The Mongols have influenced many of the concept and idea that we still see utilized today in politics and international relations. Jack Weatherford hugely changed my insight into the true Mongol and not the barbaric, savage I once thought of just by hearing the word. I resent this research paper a great deal, and I know that I may not get the grade I want, but at to the lowest degree I did learn something new and destroyed the previous thought I had about these people just by completing it so I feel it served its purpose and thats the only reason my mind was changed.