Aztecs Vs Mongol Empires

Both the Aztec and Mongol Empires are arguably some of the most successful empires in world history. The Aztecs and Mongols each rose to power through military force and both used a similar class system to rule over to rule over their people. However, these two empires begin to differ when it comes to lifestyle and religion, both of which are important factors contributing to their success.

The Aztecs and Mongols rose to power through military force; Both empires are remembered for their strong bias towards violence. This focus on military made it easy for them to take over territories that may have focused on another field. The Mongols were known for their utilization of horseback riding on the battlefield, as it gave them an advantage. Along …show more content…
They originated in Mongolia but we're constantly expanding westward into China and parts of Europe. Some historians suspect this to be because of natural disaster that would occur in Mongolia or becuase the land was not sustainable or satisfying to the Mongolian citizens. Because of their seemingly never ending movement, the Mongols had more opportunities to take over countries they may have never travelled to if they were a settled nation. The Aztecs, on the other hand, did not travel far from their home city. Travel was not an essential part of conquest to the Aztecs as it had been for the Mongols. Partially because of a lack of technology available to the Aztecs and partially because the Aztecs could sustain life and culture on the land they already had. Religion was an extremely important part of Aztec culture; They worshipped the sun and believed that it was a gift of the gods for the Aztec people. They thought that as it goes down every night, it needed human sacrifices in order to insure it would rise again in the morning. Conflictingly, the Mongols practiced religious tolerance. Their empire began as a Pegan one, but they converted to Islam. The Mongols were so consumed by the idea of religious tolerance that they would offer tax benifits to the clerics of other major religions as a way to win them over. Instead of welcoming other religions into their empire once they had conquored a …show more content…
All three had some of the strongest military forces in history. The Mongols and Romans also had some of the most skilled combat engineers known to mankind. The Aztecs and Romans are both credited with the invention of their own calender. Both the Aztec and the Romans were known for religious persicution. At a time during the Roman Empire citizens were expected to worship their leader as if he were a god, similar to how Aztec rulers were seen throughout the empire. All three empires have a pattern of being romanticized by people in the 21st century. Yes, people draw inspiration from all three of these empires cultures when creating art or architecture, but others act as if the prime of the world occurred in whichever barbaric empire they prefer. Recently released songs compare the singer to Genghis Khan, the Mongolian ruler known for his assault of hundreds of women, for wanting their lover to be infatuated with only them. Other people view the Aztecs as some mysterious ancient people in a fantisy type of way, completelty ignoring the hundreds of thousands of people murdered by them in result of the Aztecs own greed and ignorance. Almost every leader of a major country after the year 476 has referred to their own rule as “new Rome,” claiming that they are somehow the next greatest country when in reality, Rome was just a bunch of barbarins in togas, beating up whoever they

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