Gengis Khan - what was his game plan?

Question

Why did Gengis Khan have to slaughter so many to achieve his aim of world domination. How does his method fit in with the survival of the species and advance of humanity.

Answer 1

The stories of Genghis Khan slaughtering people are greatly exaggerated. Don't get me wrong. He did order the slaughter of a lot of people, but it wasn't the kind of indiscriminate slaughter that is usually associated with him. Most of the slaughter was of the ruling class of conquered lands, and usually for retaliation for some crime against the Mongols. For example, when the sultan of some country that no longer exists executed a group of Mongol emissaries sent to open trade relations. Furthermore, in his own time, Genghis Khan's rule was known for low taxes, freedom of religion, and a fair legal system. As far as the second part of your question, I think Genghis Khan was more interested in the survival and advancement of his tribe more then the rest of humanity. However he did freely accept outsiders into his tribe through marriage, adoption, and an early form of immigration.

Answer 2

There are very many differing views on the amount of destruction Genghis Khan and his armies caused. The peoples who suffered the most during Genghis Khan's conquests, like the Persians and the Han Chinese usually stress the negative aspects of the Mongol conquests and some modern scholars argue that their historians exaggerate the numbers of deaths and the extent of material destruction; however, such historians produce virtually all the documents available to modern scholars, making it difficult to establish a firm basis for any alternative view; however virtually all sources basically agree on the greater casualty and destruction caused by the Mongol forces

Answer 3

He slaughter ones that stood against him, so he can conquere other nations with less effort by getting quick surrender. The other half ot the truth, that Gengis Khan was very genorous to those who accepted his leadership, is somehow forgotten these days. His empire didnt have trouble of religion or racism...because he allowed everybody (Christian, Buddism, Islam, Hindu...) the freedom of religion, and didnt harass other races. Many of his veterans and influential politians were foreigners. Especially, Chinese and Persians were treated very well due to their advanced civilization

I say, Crusades were much worse slaughter than Genghis Khan...they murdered children and women for their blind religious faith, and gave Hitler the example of killing others for being different...While Genghis Khan created a global society that united Asia and gave every races/nations the chance to volunteer for the new empire....What did Crusades do for the world anyway? Absolutely nothing except for ruthless murder...they ROASTED alive Arabian children to threaten their enemies...So it isnt fair for Genghis Khan to be the only ruthless war criminal, since WAR is the cruel thing, and will always be

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Khan embraced diversity and used his military genius and survival skills to enhance not only the lives of his own people but everyone he conquered. Every aspect of life from every country was shared in order to enhance their lives.

Answer 6

actually, he was a defensive warrior. he new mongolia is small power so he has to annihilate totally to survive. but at later period, Hulagu Khan( descendant of gengkiz khan) did not attack Baghdad in 1236 at first. some traders went to Baghdad from his empire. they were murdered. later he sent an ambassador to baghdad to seek out the ruler of baghdad. the ambassador was also murdered by the ruler. he became enraged and destroyed baghdad(the yale and harvard of 13 th century) and killed 1.8 milion people.- the yale and harvard of the 13th century.

Answer 7

He was greatly outnumbered in each and every battle, and he was in an inferior position as the sieging army, so that without such slaughter he never could have won.

Answer 8

Ghengis Khan(Temijin Bachachar) of the clan Borochi of the Tribe Yesugi, son of Yesi was brought up in twelfth century Mongolia. His plans may have been grand but they were essentually twelfth century Mongolian. You, see the last Khan of the Mongols as such was his great granfather Kharran Khan. His people the Mongols were divided and weak. From his own tribe to the Merhkits to the powerful Naiman in the west. Therefore one of his aims, his game plan, was to unite the Mongols like his great grandfather before him and the other was to make them great.

Ghenghis Khan foughted long and hard to accomplish this. He only sucseeded after years. The irony is that his great grandfather was the last Khan of the Mongols(only) as when Ghenghis was Khan he was also Khan of many other peoples as well. He fought in the way of his people. Usually when you conquered a camp, you slaughtered all the men who were not captured, and took the survivers as slaves or randsom. Ghenghis, like his compatriots, had a certain attitude. The northern steppes were full of men who could be regarded as men-treaties could be made with them-honourably, and they would be kept. These people could be respected-you could make alliances with them. However the city people, the civilized were despised. They had none of the virtues of the hard life of the steppes. They were regarded as scum. You could not make treaties, you could not make alliances with them. They most likely wouldn't keep them anyway. Also you had to be ruthless in war. Therefore these city people, if they resisted could be eliminated. They were almost worthless. And Ghenghis had a philosophy- the safety of the conquerer only lies in the extermination of the conquered. Hence the ruthlessness and cruelty.

Ghenghis Khan did not aim at world domination. He aimed at a steppe empire with the basics of technology for power as he realised the importance however of city knowledge. To have so much territory that the Mongol empire would be the greatest in Asia-which it was. When he was dying he gave instructions for his sucsessors that the conquests were to stop. Instruction that incidently were not obeyed. Just like Augustu's instructions to his sucsessors. Ghenghis Khan realised that an empire that overstretched itself was in danger of falling. Also it was the steppe that was his home, the steppe that he loved. He had really no concern for far flung places of the earth.

His methods do not fit well in the survival of the species as he killed so many of the species. In his campaign of 1214-1217 against Kwarisam Persia, he killed 1,640,000 in Herat, 1,760,000 in Nisiphur and 1,100,000 in Mirv. He cut a deadly swathe across Asia, killing millions upon million in China. In 1200 the population of China was about 100,000,000. He brought that down considerably by the killing of tens of millions. An Arab chronicler at the time said of his Western Asian campaigns that should it be left from now to the end of the world-it would be insufficient time for the population to recover. Therefore his campaigns-not good for the survival of the species. However he himself is reported to have about 25,000,000 decendents. I supposed this contributes to the species but as he killed more and it is not good for one man to have so many after only 800 years- the nett has to be in his disfavour. However his decendents developed the Mongol empire, eventually, to actually benifit the people by the peace, prosperity, progress and wealth they brang and thus the species.

Yes, Ghenghis Khan was a ruthless son of a b***h. But eventually the Mongol empire became the best government that Asia or Eastern Europe has ever had. They brang trade, opened up the silk road that had been closed by the empires of Tughril Berg and Mohommed- Kwarisam Shar of Persia, had infrastructure built, education spread, communications open, religious tolerence for all and a string of rulers the most humane and generous in history. They introduced a peace across Asian and Eastern Europe that it was said with accuracy that a virgin with a bag of gold on her head could walk from one end of the Mongol empire to the other-with both intact. A peace that had not been seen on earth since the Pax Romana, a thousand years before.

So Ghenghis Khan was a two edged sword. By the way the name Ghenghis Khan does not mean Great Khan. This is what the official Mongol title Khagan means. Ghenghis Khan means keeper of the frontier territories. It is a name he was given by the Kin empire of China when he was fighting for them with allies. Ghenghis was bloody ruthless in warfare. He would make the population of a city that resisted assemble outside on the plain, seperate the beautiful women, craftsman and any who could do heavy labour and slaughter the rest. The Mongol hordes would rape women and then slit their throats. They were, in waging war, b*s****s. However he had his good side too. When the muslim citizens whom he had spared because they had surrendered of a Persian city began persecuting the local christians in defiance of Ghenghi's toleration for all religions edict he said that the dead had risen from the grave, we must go and put them back where they belong. He slaughtered the muslims. When his son-in-law (he had one daughter) lsacked a city that had surrendered, he demoted him from the command of a touman(10,000 men) to the ranks. So although extreme, he was human. Abet a cruel human being-but he could be kind.

The Mongol empire he foundered became eventually the largest land empire under one authority in history. It governed, eventually, a society that it's people had the best form of government that most of them had ever, and even now, have. The Mongol empire was a great empire. But it wasted it's potential resourses. Was not disciplined enough to withstand time. Had not the greatest organisation. Did not have centuries of wisdom to build on. Frankly didn't have the greatest strength. The Mongol empire was a great empire-the second greatest in history. The title however was beyond it's reach. It belongs to another empire who would and did handle things differently. Who built on it's potential strength. Who had the strength, organisation, wisdom, technology, tradition and humanity to hold the title. An empire that did not fall because of a few defeats. An empire that could take defeat after defeat and still emerge victorious. History's title of the greatest empire the world has ever known(for it's time of course) does not belong to the Mongol empire founded by Ghenghis Khan. It belongs to another empire. It belongs to the ultimate empire-Rome. Hope this helps.

Answer 9

His game plan was simple, world conquest. His attitude was deal with me and survive, oppose me and die. it worked for him for many years. He respected those in alliance with him but punished betrayal ruthlessly.

Answer 10

He was brought up roughly and his father murdered, he just felt like killing everyone after that