The official name of the Mongolian regime established by Genghis Khan is "Great Mongol", and it is generally called "Great Mongol Period" in historians. Western historians refer to the Mongolian regimes such as the Yuan Dynasty and the Four Great Khanates as the "Mongol Empire", but this name or even concept has not appeared in historical documents. This name is actually the name of the Mongolian regime before the disintegration of the Great Mongolia. The thirteenth century is also called the "Mongol Era" or the "Mongol Century" by Chinese and foreign historians.
In the 13th century, the Mongols once displayed military talents that shocked the entire world and created an unprecedentedly large Yuan Dynasty empire. However, cultural backwardness leads to political backwardness.
The equipment of Mongolian soldiers is also an issue that historians are keen to discuss. Generally speaking, there are two views. One of them believes that the equipment of the Mongolian soldiers is similar to that of the Liao (Khitan) soldiers from the 10th to 11th centuries, mainly using compound bows, but the equipment is relatively sophisticated.
This view is based on Carpini’s mission report. Kapini wrote in his mission report: They (referring to the Mongolian soldiers) carry at least the following weapons: two to three bows, or at least one good bow; three quivers full of arrows; an ax; several feet for dragging Reins for war instruments. The wealthy soldiers were equipped with swords, their horses were equipped with vests, and they had helmets and breastplates. According to the "History of Liao" records, each Liao soldier must be equipped with three horses and nine pieces of iron armor. He must also be equipped with saddle pads, reins, vest leather, and vest iron according to his own ability. Each Liao soldier must be equipped with four bows and 400 arrows. Arms, long and short spears, iron bones, axes, axes, etc., as well as 200 feet of horse rope.
In comparison, the Mongolian soldiers carried less equipment than the Liao soldiers, but they also gained mobility because of their lightness. This is crucial.
Another view is that the Mongol Empire was not powerful at the beginning, and only a few people were equipped with weapons. Except for the compound bow, the rest of the weapons and equipment are trophies captured on the battlefield. It was not until later that the Mongols had a professional system for equipping their army.
Mongolia is just a modern ordinary country. It is a former Chinese province that was independent from the Chinese territory. It has no special relationship with the historical Great Mongolia. There have been many such countries in history.
2. There are no original descendants of Genghis Khan in modern Mongolia. The existing descendants of Genghis Khan are all new immigrants who later migrated from China, Russia, or other countries.
3. The Mongolians have no need for a unified country, and believe in the universal values ??of freedom, democracy, and fraternity. Therefore, before Genghis Khan, there was no unified Mongolian country, and after Genghis Khan, there has never been such a country. nation.
4. The Chinese Yuan Dynasty was the only successor of Genghis Khan among the Mongolian countries after Genghis Khan, and it was also the only regime that could represent all Mongolian countries.
5. Throughout the Qing Dynasty, the Manchus intermarried with the Mongols. The royal family of the Qing Dynasty intermarried with the Kormi line of the golden family for generations, and intermarriage between the Manchus and the Mongols existed even in ancient times. Due to the reasons of joining the banner and the transfer of banner status, a large number of Manchu people today are actually Mongolian. There are even direct descendants of the Jin family among the Manchu people.
6. Russia is the successor of the Golden Horde. The last few Golden Horde Khans were Orthodox believers. The early Russian tsars intermarried with the Golden Horde royal family for generations, and even replaced the Golden Horde Khans in Russia. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the entire Russian nation had been intermarrying with the Mongols for generations.
7. The last independent regime established by the royal family of Genghis Khan in Mongolia perished in 1783, and the last Mongolian prince Qi Zhongyi who enjoyed the title of county king and once held real local power passed away in September 2007. The Golden Family is the oldest aristocracy that actually exists in China.