5 Ways in Which the Mongol Empire Shaped the Modern World and Gave Birth to Globalization
Mongols introduced pathbreaking measures to spread scientific knowledge and make international trade easier
We perceive Mongols as bloodthirsty conquerors who laid waste to civilizations across Eurasia. Rising from the humble grasslands of Mongolia, the nomadic Mongols forged the world’s largest contiguous empire.
When the dust settled, the Mongols realized it was international trade, transferring knowledge, and encouraging a world free of religious strife that helped them conquer minds, not brute force. This resulted in the Pax Mongolica, a century of peace in Eurasia from mid 13th to mid-14th century. As you might expect, we base the term on Pax Romana, or Roman peace during Rome’s peak power.
Pax Mongolica sowed the seeds of globalization. According to Roger Bacon, a thirteenth-century English scientist, the “Mongols succeeded not merely by means of martial superiority; rather by means of science”. Let us discuss five significant developments that occurred during this time span which influenced human progress in the following centuries.
