Year 12 IB Extended Essays 2017

gjy664 – Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire

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Table of Contents

Abstract ........................................................................................................................... 2 Research Question ........................................................................................................... 3 Explanatory Notes ........................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 5 1 – Organisation of the Mongol Empire .......................................................................... 6 2 – Unity and Loyalty ...................................................................................................... 9 3 – Fear, Discipline and Expansionist Policy ................................................................. 11 4 – Military Tactics and System of Adaption ................................................................ 13 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 15 Bibliography .................................................................................................................. 17 Primary Sources ................................................................................................................... 17 Secondary Sources ................................................................................................................ 17 Appendix 1 – Notes on Primary Sources ....................................................................... 19 (1) The Secret History of the Mongols ............................................................................ 19 (2) “History of the Mongols.” ......................................................................................... 19 Appendix 2 – Mongol Poem .......................................................................................... 20