Expert: Irulan Serena - 2/14/2008

Question
i have a few questions,
1. How and on  What route did the mongols help trade and cultural diffusion?
2. Why did Mongolian horses thrive in harsh conditions?
3.  What was the Golden Horde and What region did they control?

Answer
1.   How and on  What route did the mongols help trade and cultural diffusion?

The Silk Road(s) is/ are a pre-historic trading route from China to Europe and Africa. There are indications that it reached to the Atlantic Coast of Africa.  The spreading of the ideas and products of different cultures among each other. The Silk Road did this because traders from many cultures as far apart as Europe and China were constantly moving back and forth, bringing new ideas, new materials, new technologies to all the nations along the road.


2.   Why did Mongolian horses thrive in harsh conditions?

In ancient times those who could afford to selectively breed horses were more likely to breed them for war or commerce. Mounted soldiers and charioteers were often feared on the battlefield because of the speed with which they could maneuver, and cavalry was an essential part of almost all armies until the 20th century. To this end, they were bred as war machines.
Most notably this occurred among the Mongols. Although their army included an infantry, it was largely because of their unique horses that they were able to create an empire larger than any that ever preceded them. Each Mongol horseman brought with him several horses to ride as their army swept across Asia and pounded at the gates of Europe. The Mongols’ horses were smaller than the horses bred in most other cultures, and they were not sprinters. However, the Mongols themselves were smaller and dressed lighter than their enemies, and their small horses had incredible stamina in that they could travel at a loping gait with their rider 100 miles in a day.


3.   What was the Golden Horde and What region did they control?  

The Mongol rulers were always chosen from the 'Golden Family' of Temujin. The grandson of Genghis Khan, Batu Khan, advanced far into eastern Europe and established in 1251 the rule of the Golden Horde in Russia.


They conquered vast areas in Europe, China, Asia and Russia.