THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MONGOLS!!!

Before Strayer, I believed that the Mongols were a group of uncivilized baboons that terrorized the people they conquered and didn't have any moralistic values. I now know that they were in actuality an alternative society that was quite successful in their drives for expansion because of their incredible army and the timing of their conquests on China. They may not have had the right technology or resources to accomplish what they wanted but they were able to because of their leader and their organized way of training their forces. They were a society that believed more in equality of men and women and because of that, their women had greater opportunities to be successful in society and they were allowed to learn how to ride horses and fight. I think it would have been a liberating experience to be a Mongol woman during that time because they got to experience a very different lifestyle from their other counterparts in different civilizations. The Mongols were important because they had extensive trade networks and they brought Eurasian civilizations closer together in doing that. They sent their talented workers and educated people out to other cultures to bring in ideas and to also spread their own. They may have broken some morality clauses along the way but the Mongols made a lasting impact that is important to be talked about.