The Mongols and Me

Hello. I am Marco Polo, I am seventeen years old and on my way to Cathay, China, to trade jewelry with my father and uncle. My father told me we are going to travel and trade through many cities and countries. We will end our journey in Cathay because their rich trade and the famous Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan is the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty. I have done a little research on him, and the Mongols. He was the ruler of Cathay and the only thing he has to do now is gain control of the Song Dynasty in southern Cathay. The Mongols are the ruthless beasts in Cathay. When people were dying of the fever in Cathay, the Mongols told all the tourists that the souls of the dead were going to kill you if you entered Cathay. That is not all they have done, they started many uncalled for wars with many countries. They were blood thirsty monsters.

    After being in Cathay for seventeen years I have learned many things about the Mongols, they were not always bad, just sometimes. The Mongols had some good traits, for example, they moved from city to city, country to country. This increased the amount of culture in Cathay, helped the trade, and brought together the East and West. The Mongols traveled near and far, meeting and experiencing new cultures and religions, even bringing back some of those cultures to Cathay. When the Mongolian soldiers traveled they could spend up to many many days on their horses, when they reached their destination they would learn from the other cultures and how they did certain things. When the Mongols returned to Cathay they brought back all the cultures from all around the world. This big melting pot of cultures increased the amount of trade from all around the world people would come here to trade. Then, after the trade increased many people from around the world would not come here just to trade but as a tourist, binging more culture to the big country of Cathay.

I am Liz Sheible, a famous historian.  Whenever I think or hear about the Mongols, It always reminds me of Rome and how they were big and harsh and very “fight to the death” like, kind of like the Mongols. The Mongols were very brutal about war and very cruel foul monsters, but there were good things also. Just like the Romans, they were very ruthless about battles and wars, just like the Mongols. The Romans had some good traits also, they won most of their battles, and gave women power and freedom to do whatever they wanted to, like be in the military.

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