Mongolia essays
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Mongolia, the birthplace of Genghis Khan, the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky, and home to the world’s last nomads, reigns as a country rooted in tradition. In many ways, life in Mongolia continues to mirror ancient times. Approximately 40% of modern Mongols follow a nomadic, pastoral lifestyle on the steppe. As of year-end of last year, there were 209.8 thousand households with animals, 145.3 thousand of whom are herding households (FOA.org, 2019). Following their livestock, nomadic families move their...
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The Mongol Empire could be described through a multitude of ways such as religion, drama, social hierarchy, laws, taxes, politics, and complete legacy. It is these topics that I am going to discuss in this essay. In the 12th century, during the time of Genghis Khan, Buddhism was the predominant religion. Genghis Khan was a Tengrist, but he was also interested in other religions and learned morals and philosophy from the religions. Kublai Khan was also interested in other religious...
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According to history, Mongolia is situated in the North-Central Asia. It can be roughly identified as being oval in its shape with the following measurements 1,486 miles (2392km) from the western to the eastern part at approximately a maximum of 782 miles, which is equal to 1259km when measured north to south. The land of Mongolia is approximately equivalent to that of the different countries that are located in the Central and Western part of Europe. It lies on the...
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Unified around 1200, the Mongols were a pastoral people, and rose to power in Asia very quickly. They were a great civilization and had an immense impact on history. The Mongol empire’s beginning is incomparable to the speed and vastness of the spread of any other kingdoms. Though great, they are a very controversial people, and questioned to be a negative or positive influence in history. Due to being revolutionary in many aspects of an empire, the Mongols are a...
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