Mongols Dbq Essay

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The Mongols played a major part in ancient China and Persia.They were mainly known as barbarians for their destructive and crude nature.The Mongols did a variety of things including combination of military conquests,alliances, and administrative organization.However the Mongols main goal was to have complete control over land and civilizations.They did whatever to achieve that goal even if it meant executing others.

I strongly believe that the Mongols were culturally destructive.I believe this for several reasons.Mainly because they executed people in unbearable ways and conquered land.

The next reason to support my claim is in document 2 it states “If one or two or three or even more out of a group of ten run away, all are put to death;

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