Pastoral Peoples

The Mongols got a bad rap because of the following several points...

5 negative pointed of the Mongols:

1. Theivery - Stealing from lesser communities, taking wealth, profits, historical artifacts
2. Raiders - Raiding, raping, pillaging and demoralizing their enemy
3. Murder - Killing those that did not conform to the will of the Mongols
4. Savagery - Not only killing villages and cities but killing an entire civilization if they are too unruly and hard to control
5. Lack of Integration - The Mongols did not enhance any of the civilizations that they conquered, they did not improve a nation, just controlled them, and used their resources.



5 positive points of the Mongols:

1. Ranching - They taught all nations how to raise livestock, how to grow civilizations beyond the agricultural mindset.
2. Progressive mindset - Incorporating new ideas from other civilizations, implement what works best in that particular area.
3. Tolerance - Mongols did not try and convert and irradicate any religion, philosophy, and teachings.
4. Women's rights - Mongol women had the right to divorce, own property, and be rulers and political figures.
5. Ecological - The aggressive spread of the Mongol's as they decimated civilizations slowed down the stripping of the land for metals, ores, agriculture which promoted nature to reclaim forest which in turn improved air quality and the environment.

Christendom - Birth of a new era

The rise of Christianity stems back to the 4th century during the fall of the Roman empire. New beliefs and views drove this change. This "Christianity" began to spread across the old world, spanning into regions of Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa, Ethiopia, Persia, India, and China. This expansion brought a new European concept of religion to the masses. It reshaped the Mediterranean, divided countries, and created new world powers spanning the globe.

The rise and fall of rulers continued during the rise of a new world order - Christianity (faith) expanded to the masses of Europe. The Roman empire had already begun to collapse and fade into history like sands of time. Christianity, like a Phoenix from ashes, grew in support and believers that spanned the four corners of the world. This new growth under the same faith brought unification of European nations, consolidated and fortified alliances, and whipped out opposing rivals. Like their counterparts to the East - Islamic nations, Christianity began to rewrite the centuries known lines of division, countryside, and countries, into a massive kingdom under one rule.

Under Charlemagne King of the Franks, an even stronger indication would arise, the Holy Roman Empire. The merger of a Monarch and Papistry under one person solidified great wealth, land, and influence in the world. Having now the world divided into larger pieces (Islam, India, China & Europe), trade lines became the new goals and reconquesting former lands were the reason to rewrite the face of the world as we knew it.