There is a lot of controversy on whether or not the Mongols were civilized, or whether they were of a barbaric kind. Several indisputable cases that the Mongols were Barbarians have been brought to light, but then again, there are also various facts that contradict these indisputable cases. In the Mongols DBQ Packet the majority of the documents sways towards the Mongols being civilized and not barbaric. They show the complexity required to be called a civilization even though they may not have lasted as long as other great empires. The Mongols started out as a clan of warriors and their military tactics are brutally intriguing. In accordance to John of Plano Carpini, a Franciscan emissary of Pope Innocent IV, on document two the following was stated, “Genghis Khan ordained that the army should be organized in such a way that over ten men should beset one man and he is what we call a captain of ten…” Genghis had created a systematic system of…show more content… Even the US military used napalm to burn enemies alive until the Vietnam War. Using fire to destroy wasn’t something that the Mongols alone used, as a matter of fact, fire has been used in many forms in numerous wars by countless civilizations. The majority of the packet talks about how they were civilized. Doc 1 displays how the Mongol’s conquered territory was cut into four states. Both Document Two and Three tell you how the Mongols organized their military ranks and their intricate battle strategies. Of course Carpini on Doc 3 tells you how deceitful they were tricking their enemies into surrender only to kill them, but they chose not to submit to the current superior force. Khan brought along an enormous amount of commodities by exploiting the ingenuity of those whom he conquered, one was their improved form of communication. Doc 6 Communication
