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Mongols: An Epic Tale
The Mongols were nomads. Being a nomad means
that you don’t have a house to live in; every day you
are somewhere different.
Once upon a time, these Mongols had a boy named
Temujin. He was a smart boy- like Einstein!
He was so smart, his people made him king of their
tribe. He was called Chinggis Khan.
Chinggis Khan wanted to make his Empire really
big. China seemed the perfect place to start.
Chinggis appears many places as a horrible, cruel
person because of his conquests, but he really
wasn’t that mean.
Chinggis was only trying to do what was best for his
people. Sort of like your President.
He made China property of the Mongols. He allowed
the people to keep their culture and religion.
Chinggis even thought that it was so amazing, he
borrowed some of it for his own!
After he took China, he needed to make his empire
even bigger.
The Mongols then took Russia. Russia is a very cold
place, but the Mongols were prepared for every kind
of condition.
The people of Russia were very proud. They wanted
to prove themselves individually, and they were
outnumbered by the vast Mongol horde.
Chinggis Khan and the Mongols soon won Russia.
By this time they were very good at conquering the
world.
They learned that if they pretended to give up halfway
through the battle and come back later with more
soldiers, that the battle could be won faster and more
efficiently.
They often used horses and long, curved swords
during battle.
They wore silk underwear and leather jackets coated
with fish glue, both of which stopped arrows that were
being fired by the enemy.
The Mongols had Russia and China, and they
wanted even more.
Though they couldn’t conquer Europe, there was
still a lot of land in the Middle East that was still
independent of Mongol rule.
They successfully conquered Baghdad, a large city
in the Middle East. It was completely destroyed and
burned to the ground.
Once the Mongols had conquered these areas, they
had one of the largest contiguous land empires in
history.