4.+What+impact+did+mongol+conquests+have+on+Eurasia

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** Conquest impact on Eurasia **


 * ** Military strategies **
 * ** archers picked off from a distance so that there would be less for their foot soldiers to face **
 * ** superior bows **
 * ** cavalry on horseback **
 * ** The mongols would attack towns and cities without mercy. This way they built up a reputation that made other cities surrender when they saw the Mongols coming. **
 * ** Most “Mongol” armies were actually made __#|up of__ newly conquered people lead by Mongol commanders. **
 * ** Muslim society **
 * ** the slaughter the Mongols released on Balkh and other cities spread the word and caused other places to surrender **
 * ** Many nations got involved with the islamic-mongol rivalry **
 * ** After the conquest of the Islamic areas the Mongols began to accept the Muslim people and their scientific successes. **
 * ** European nations **
 * ** Many European nations thought that the Mongols were from Hell or in caves that Alexander the Great had confined monsters. **
 * ** The Lithuanians escaped the Mongol invasion. **
 * ** The Europeans made an agreement with the Il-khan to help defeat the Golden Horde if they helped defeat the Muslims. **
 * ** The Pope believed that the Slavic and the Kipchak were going to be conquered and left them to the Mongol rule. **
 * ** Russian civilizations **
 * ** The Golden Horde Defeated the Kipchak and what was left of Kiev and other Russian powers **
 * ** Golden Horde enlisted local princes as __#|tax__ collectors and census surveyors because they spoke the respected language and were in a position of respect. **
 * ** Alexander Nevskii submitted and became the leader of the princes **
 * ** Teutonic Knights were attacking Russia and they needed help **
 * ** The Mongols sacked Kiev which expedited the shift of power to Moscow. **
 * ** Russia was trying to resist and retreated to Moscow **
 * ** Japan and east Asia **
 * ** When the mongols conquered Korea they broke down centuries of isolation **
 * ** introduced cotton to southern asia, gunpowder came into use, and __#|calendar__ making came into affect **
 * ** Genghis Khans starting place **
 * ** Cities that resisted faced seize and annihilation **
 * ** surrender was the only option **
 * ** For cities that didn’t surrender the Mongols used a light __#|weight__ catapult to destroy the walls. **