Do you think that the Mongols did cultural destruction or cultural exchange? In my opinion, I think that they did cultural destruction. These documents show how the Mongols did cultural destruction. I claim that the Mongols were more culturally destructive than cultural exchange. I picked this because they conquered many places and they killed a lot of people.The first document that I am using is document 1. In this document it shows a map of all the places that are conquered and the people who conquered it. Genghis Khan was the person who conquered the most square miles, which is 4,860,000 square miles. He was born in 1162 and died in 1227. The second person that conquered the most square miles is Alexander the Great. He was born in 356 and
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Also, the area of the continental United States excluding Alaska and Hawaii is 3,036,885. As you can see these people conquered a lot of square miles so this shows cultural destruction. Another document I am using is document 4. This document shows that a city in Persia, which is Nishapur, was invaded by Mongols. The people in Nishapur saw that this was serious so they had three thousand crossbows in action on the wall and they had ballistas that were laid in a corresponding quantity of missiles and naphtha. On Saturday night, all of the walls were covered by mongols and they descended from the walls and began to slay and ponder. In the document it says “They severed the heads of the slain from their bodies and heaped them up in piles, keeping those of the men separate from those of the women and children.” There is a chart that shows how many people died and what year they died in. The most people that died were in 1258 Baghdad in Persia. 800,000 - 2,000,000 were the deaths that were reported. This shows how the Mongols took over places and it shows cultural destruction. Finally, my last document that I am using to prove that the Mongols were culturally destructive is document
Also, the area of the continental United States excluding Alaska and Hawaii is 3,036,885. As you can see these people conquered a lot of square miles so this shows cultural destruction. Another document I am using is document 4. This document shows that a city in Persia, which is Nishapur, was invaded by Mongols. The people in Nishapur saw that this was serious so they had three thousand crossbows in action on the wall and they had ballistas that were laid in a corresponding quantity of missiles and naphtha. On Saturday night, all of the walls were covered by mongols and they descended from the walls and began to slay and ponder. In the document it says “They severed the heads of the slain from their bodies and heaped them up in piles, keeping those of the men separate from those of the women and children.” There is a chart that shows how many people died and what year they died in. The most people that died were in 1258 Baghdad in Persia. 800,000 - 2,000,000 were the deaths that were reported. This shows how the Mongols took over places and it shows cultural destruction. Finally, my last document that I am using to prove that the Mongols were culturally destructive is document