Forrest Webber
January 17, 2014
History Project
On my journey towards the
empire as I amgetting closer, and closer I start to fear for my life more, and more.
The stories about these bloodthirsty savages are really starting to get in my
head. People that have traded with the Mongols talk of them burning an entire
village down just because they wanted nothing to do with them, and then
lynching and killing the entire population. People say if they don’t know the
language the village is speaking in they will kill all of them; they wont spare
a women or a child it'll be just a pure blood bath. The Tartars were a natural enemy of
the Mongols. Until not too long ago a savage named Temujin an old Mongol, which
the Tartars exiled, came back, and killed a large majority of Temujin while
also claiming back the land for the Mongols. This frightens me that just one
Mongol clan could have so much power to drive out such a large Empire. Temujin
has taken the name as Genghis Khan and still owns the title to this day as
Ruler of the Mongol empire. Khan is responsible for most of the power they have
today. He was especially good at uniting small clans to create a much more
powerful and larger clan to take over more land at a time. As I grow closer, and
closer to my destination I fear that the horrors I await might be the last thing
I ever see. I have been told I am nearing the city of Lanzhou, which I expect to be the first
sign of the Mongols. I just passed Kashgar a little while back it was a very
peaceful city, which I enjoyed very much. I was I could of stayed longer, but
the land was calling my name and I had to keep adventuring beyond it. As I
travel further, the terrain is becoming very foreign to me, and I am starting to
lose my way a points of time. I hope to reach my destination by night fall as I
pack up camp on this early morning, and head of deeper into the territory of
the Mongols. 
I have reached Mongol territory
all the stories of these savage people has been very untrue throughout my
journey through there territory. There are many tribes and clans thriving
throughout the Mongols territory that aren’t Mongol. The Mongols have allowed
them to live and continue to practice their own ways such as Religion and
Culture. Some certain Mongols have even started to practice these religions of
these people. On my stop in the city of Lanzhou I have run into the Grandson of
the famous Genghis Khan. His name is Kublai Klan. He is a very interesting man
I only got to talk with him briefly, but I wish to further our relationship
soon. One of the few questions I was lucky enough to ask Kublai was if the
Mongols were as actually cruel and harsh as told in the stories. He simply said
“no.” This I questioned further in my head, but seeing the thriving clans that
surround the town of Lanzhou leads me to think he was telling the truth. A very
interesting religion that I have come upon is called Buddhism. This religions
idea’s of thinking fascinates me. I spent a few hours visiting, and looking
around a few Buddhist temples around the area. I also have read a few of the
scriptures from ancient Buddhist text. Most of it makes perfect since to me,
while some of it is still a blur for me to believe. Even though some of the
text makes since to me I still belong a strong believer in the Church, but I
appreciate the fact that I had the opportunity to learn more about another
religion. I find that the Mongols are doing a very smart, and kind deed to the
clans that remain in the territory. They simply did not force their religion
down their throats and allowed religions such as Buddhism to remain. I feel
this is on of the many reasons to why the Mongols have so much success.
The Mongols like them or not
are very interesting people. While some people throughout the world like to
think of them as kind people for being one of the first diverse Empire when it
came to religion. I still believe that they were mean, and nasty people. I relate
the Mongols to Alexander the Great's Empire. Nasty, cold hearted, and cruel
people who really in my mind just liked to destroy anything, and everything in
their path. The only difference between them was that one was in China, and one
was in the Middle Eastern to Europe area. Even though I can see why some people
might have views of the Mongols being nice I still see way too much evidence
towards them being the complete opposite of that. Which is why I have come to
the conclusion that the Mongols are just straight up bad people.
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