Title: The Mongols: Resurrection of the Silk Road, Precursors to Modern Trade – Brewminate
Headings: The Mongols: Resurrection of the Silk Road, Precursors to Modern Trade
The Mongols: Resurrection of the Silk Road, Precursors to Modern Trade
The Mongol Empire and Trade
The History of the Silk Road and Its Fall
The Mongol Revival of the Silk Road
The Impact on the Future
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Content: His name is Temujin Borjigin but the world will always remember him as Genghis Khan (“Mongol Empire: Who was Genghis Khan”, 2002). The Mongol Revival of the Silk Road
Genghis Khan established his empire over Eurasia by the end of the first decade of the 13th century (Lane, 2004). Being the supreme overlord among his fellow Mongolians, he also gained political and military control across the vast lands of Central Asia, effectively linking Europe to China via a long contiguous land empire. With this establishment, trade began to be revived along the Silk Road and began to prosper, exceeding the glory during its days in the Tang dynasty (Beckwith, 2009). While the trade along the Silk Road may no longer be as relevant in modern times, it was highly prominent during the Mongol era (Xinru, 2010) and even beyond that (subsequent centuries after the death of Genghis Khan) and this prominence was due to the Mongol themselves, through their policies and actions undertaken. This may in fact be the largest ‘footprint’ that the Mongol Empire has left behind in history and also paving the way for large-scale multi-level international trade all around the world (Xinru, 2010). Marco Polo [Marco Polo, 13th Century Venetian merchant who was famous for introducing or re-introducing Europe to the East.]. / History.com
The Mongol conquest by Genghis Khan involved heavy military action, the subjugation of cities and even the extermination of entire populations (“Mongol Empire Overview- History”, 2002). Genghis Khan was not bloodthirsty but yet he was willing to maintain that reputation as a means to ensure obedience to his rule as well as easy conquest of neighbouring territories.