Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Paper 2: Genghis Khan You will be required to complete at least a 6-page essay from the questions about Genghis Khan.
The paper will be typed, 12 font, double space, no pictures, you need to use in-text or parenthetical citation (MLA), complete works cited page, page # and last name at top right of each page. The works cited page does not count toward the total number of pages required.
Be sure to support your responses with specific examples from the book. You will need to use direct and indirect quotes from the book that are documented with MLA citation methods. Be sure to use at least 2 additional TEXT based resources.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Book Review
*HERE IS THE BOOK: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherfordhttp://worldhistorypratt.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/5/1/22519320/weatherford_4_6.pdf
How important, according to Jack Weatherford, were the Genghis Khan and the Mongols to the “making of the modern world”? What are the various ways in which Weatherford suggests they shaped the modern world? How would you begin to describe the Mongol way of war? How and why did the Mongol empire spread so quickly? Where, when and how was the Mongol expansion halted?
What other features of Mongol culture seem most interesting, and why? What was most distinctive about such social institutions and relationships as religion, law and gender roles? To what extent does the historic clash between nomadic groups and urban cultures provide a key to understanding both the Mongols and the ways in which they have been portrayed down through the ages? How would you compare and contrast Khubilai Khan with Genghis Khan? How did the process of empire-building change the Mongols? To what extent is it appropriate to speak of a Pax Mongolica? What, in your own opinion, are the most important legacies of Genghis Khan and the Mongols?
