Genghis Khan Essays Examples

Introduction

For many nations in Asia and Europe XIII century was a time of great turmoil and disasters that hit from the depths of the Eurasian steppes. After a series of continuous warrior formed enormous power, superior in its size all the empires that existed before in history. The tribes of ancient Mongols are first mentioned by historians of the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the VIII century. Of the Amur region, they migrated to the west and settled in the territory of modern Mongolia and Inner Mongolia.
Thesis statement: Genghis Khan (c. 1162 – 18 August 1227) is recognized as one of the greatest conquerors in history.
  For large military enterprises know selects the main military chief - Khan, began to emerge Khanate. Khanate was short-lived. The eldest son of one of the rulers was Temujin, who was proclaimed Khan with the title Chinchis. One version of the meaning of the word is the conqueror of the world. Genghis Khan successfully took back neighboring Khanate. The number of his subjects grew inexorably. Many wars drew to a successful ruler: they are happy to commit to him hiking, plundered the vanquished Usul, participated in the division of spoils. So were broken all the major ulus and conquered tribes. Many Khan fled from the Mongolian steppes, the others perished in the fighting (Hildinger, 1997, p 5.)

Body

People come to Earth to create, build or destroy; they follow each other endless line. Most comes into the world, without leaving even a trace, but there are those whose deeds shook history of the peoples. These are the names that will not be forgotten, and through the centuries, through many generations. Why do they come, why because they disappear city, killing people, new born state? Perhaps someone will say that divine providence that sends mankind new tests, which can be overcome to ascend to a higher level of human development, but the fact remains that their names are written in the book of history with a capital letter, their life shook the consciousness of their contemporaries. One of such famous personalities in history is the founder of the Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan.
Comprehending the phenomenon of political leadership personality of Genghis Khan, we note that in the general theoretical level for a leader to become the subject of politics, and even more so to influence the course of human history, necessarily need to pass three stages: diagnostic, prescriptive and mobilizing. All three levels of brilliantly combine in activities of Genghis Khan: he was able to accurately diagnose the reality which was in the Mongolian steppes, not only in the relationship between the tribes, but to understand the essence of the problems facing the disparate Mongolian ethnic group. It is a child laid the foundation for the subsequent construction of the great goals, among them - the union of all the Mongols in one state, under his leadership, then the creation of the World Empire, where his nine-generic banner stretched over the nations. Under the mobilization of Genghis Khan proved himself as a leader on a global scale, managed to mobilize all the Mongolian people to perform its objectives. Subsequently, he was able to mobilize all subject peoples for its purpose, when China from Central Asian states and others. He managed to convince his people the idea of ​​universal domination. All this contributed to its formation as an active subject of world politics (Man, 2004, p .105).
Genghis Khan is very interesting in that it combined the talents of a conglomerate, which helped him to "lift" the society, on the one hand, without breaking the traditions of the people, on the other hand, radically changing the presentation of the Mongols on their role in world history. These talents are one of the sides in this argument, proving that he was the leader on a global scale. Indeed, Genghis Khan had a talent for seeing and feeling talented people and find their place and use in their environment. This trait was contrary to Mongolian tradition, where power was only steppe aristocracy of blood (i.e. ancient kind). His generals then conquered the world, were not notable people from the steppe aristocracy - they were talented and dedicated warriors who with the help of personal qualities were able to reach the top. For example, Subutai, its commander, was the son of a blacksmith, another companion, Chepe, was a simple warrior, passed to Genghis Khan. The main criterion in the selection of people for Genghis Khan was the loyalty and courage. These are two basic virtues, in his opinion, that lay the foundation for a perfect relationship through leadership – subordination.
About leadership talent Genghis Khan inscribed books, so we would like to focus on some key moments military genius of Genghis Khan: the organization of the army, the strategy and tactics of war, in which he was certainly a pioneer in these areas. If we talk about the organization of the army, it should be noted that Genghis Khan set the basis for his army strict discipline and a clear hierarchy. These were some of the key success factors of Genghis Khan in battle. He managed to eradicate the habit in his army as soon as possible rush to plunder booty. Ordinary wars have been inspired that after winning production will be fairly divided among the soldiers. Of course, there is a great role played fear of punishment for disobedience. For example, before the battle against Merkit and their allies, led by Genghis Khan Jamuqa said to his soldiers: "If there is success, then do not chase the prey, at the end of all things is to divide it equally. If there was a failure of the first, which will cause move to its original position, it must warriors attack again and again; to those who, departing, depart from repeated attacks, cut off the head."
 Genghis Khan was able to clearly organize the army. Now the army was a single organism, where everyone knew their place, and it was all welded iron discipline. It would like to mention his efforts to create the Khan's Guard. This was an important step not only in the organization of the army, but also in terms of the relationship between the shape of Khan and nobility. The fact that Genghis Khan formed a guard of the sons of aristocrats, killing two birds with this measure: firstly, now some aristocrats of separatism is not out of the question, and secondly, Khan's Guards became not only the protection of iron, but also the core of the future great army. In this we see the vision of Genghis Khan, who was in the period of its ascent in a very shaky position and was able to overcome not only the separatist aspirations of the nobility, but also to establish the prospect of further consolidating his power. Remarkable ability to Genghis Khan is to learn from others and from their mistakes. For example, the capture of China’s best military achievements of the Chinese Mongols was able to learn: to build siege weapons, using them to capture the city, etc (Ratchnevsky, 1992, p. 40).
Genghis Khan was not only military, but also considerable administrative talent in the formation of a unified Mongolian state. To rally the tribes together, first of all, it was necessary to establish a permanent network messages. Under these conditions, Genghis Khan held a series of activities designed to improve the efficiency of management: the formation of the state system of mounted couriers, who had to ensure delivery to the people of his orders. It was developed in the whole network of institutions - "yams". This network messages later became a huge public institution that helped the development of trade in the empire. This system eliminated the robbery on the trade routes, as every manager "yam" was to keep order on the territory entrusted to him. Genghis Khan was a very brave commander; this says a lot of the facts of his personal biography. Genghis Khan was a famous expression: "If you afraid - do not do, if you do - do not be afraid", which describes him as a strong personality.

Conclusion

Thus, from the above it follows that the story heard by great personalities. Genghis Khan is recognized as one of the greatest conquerors in history. In this sense, the influence of Genghis Khan in the history of the world cannot be overestimated, probably, there is even the danger of underestimating. Even if his credit is not that he has managed to unite the scattered Mongol tribes into a single state, even if not in the fact that he was able to create a clear managerial hierarchy (although, of course, and these moments are worthy of attention). Let it be a merit that he with his word, a kind of idea could move hundreds of thousands of people, directing them to new and new conquests. A strong state in itself does not mean anything, it's quite another thing huge masses of people falling down big and small empire and create new ones. Not in our power to evaluate the role played by the conquest of Genghis Khan and his descendants, we can only bow before the genius of a man who was able to rally millions of these together and form an empire that mankind never know before.

Bibliography

Hildinger, Erik (1997). Warriors Of The Steppe: Military History Of Central Asia, 500 BC To 1700 AD. Cambridge: De Capo Press. ISBN 0-786-73114-1.
Man, John (2004). Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Resurrection. London; New York: Bantam Press. ISBN 0-593-05044-4.
Lane, George (2004). Genghis Khan and Mongol Rule. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-32528-6.
Ratchnevsky, Paul (1992, 1991). Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy [Čingis-Khan: sein Leben und Wirken]. tr. & ed. Thomas Nivison Haining. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts, US: B. Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-16785-4. Check date values in: |date= (help)