is obviously vastly different from mine. Genghis Khan was the founder and undisputed leader of the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire ruled with an iron fist in Asia through the 13th and 14th centuries. The Mongols were the largest contiguous land empire in history. Most people think that the Roman Empire was the largest and most powerful in history, but under Genghis Khan’s leadership the Mongols were twice the size of the Romans. Genghis Khan’s formula to obtain power was brutally simple --
of close to 7 million square miles, making it the largest empire in world history” (73). State Approx. Year Approx. size in square miles Roman empire 100 C.E. 1,698,400 Arab Muslim empire 750 C.E. 4,246,000 Sung empire (China) 1000 C.E. 1,158,000 Mongol empire 1250 C.E. 6,948,000 Inca empire (Andes Mts.) 1500 C.E. 772,000 Continental United States Present 3,021,000 To put this into perspective, the Continental United states only controls an area of about 3 million square miles. In order to create
YEAR 8 HUMANITIES MEDIEVAL EUROPE AND SHOGUNATE JAPAN ESSAY DRAFT Introduction: So in this documents I will be discussing on why the Knights are better than Samurais during the middle Ages. In this documents I will be answering these question: What caused their rise to power and fall? Who had the most power? Who has the strictest code of behaviour? Who had the better defence? Which had greatest power over their country? These question will each relate ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬on each paragraph on facts and