Mongolian empire – Slavery - citizenship
People were owed by other people legally in the age of slavery. Slavery was a common aspect I many cultures, slaves had no rights and were forced to work for their owners with no payments and they were the lowest orders of the social classes. Development of slavery was dependent on the social structures of a people, and where the society lacked proper structures, there was no slavery. For example, the hunting and gathering societies lacked slavery due to the absence of social structures. As was the norm at the time, Mongols raided their neighbors, including Europe, and took slaves as spoils of war. The enslaved people were sold off to the venetians, a city of traders. At the height of the Mongolian empire, citizenship and slavery status was a function of gender and conquests.
The Mongolian empire is characterized by Nomads. Their nomadic way of life limited their expansion before the rise of Chinggis Khan in to leadership (Bold, 2011). In addition, the relevance of slaves in the community was limited by the limited applications of slave labor. However, as a function of the grown of trade in the Empire and the introduction of the Islam religion, the economic prospects were wider than at any other time in history. These wide prospects and the rise of stable leadership and social structures based on wealth and leadership necessitated the onset of slavery in the Mongolian empire.
[...] The Mongolian empire is characterized by Nomads. Their nomadic way of life limited their expansion before the rise of Chinggis Khan in to leadership (Bold, 2011). In addition, the relevance of slaves in the community was limited by the limited applications of slave labor. However, as a function of the grown of trade in the Empire and the introduction of the Islam religion, the economic prospects were wider than at any other time in history. These wide prospects and the rise of stable leadership and social structures based on wealth and leadership necessitated the onset of slavery in the Mongolian empire. [...]
[...] The Mongols traded the slaves with the venetians and derived money and other goods relevant to their course. Therefore, the Men were taken for commercial and a military purposes. Women were also sold into slavery in some cases. However, a large number, relative to men, were retained. The differences in the treatment of captured men and women is a function of social and political differences between the two (Benjamin, 2007). For example, the portion of men as leaders implies that they were targeted by opposition warriors to reduce the chances of future resistance. [...]
[...] However, the relative stability of the Mongolian empire at its peak reduced the assimilation of women(Bold, 2011). After its collapse, the numerous warlords and wars that erupted resulted in approaching of slavery in a different way, women were no longer captured for slavery, but for assimilation. In terms of protection and security, women were given minimum supervision because the conditions would not have supported an escape for am enslaved woman. Attempt to escape would lead them straight into the hand of other men and get the same treatment(Eltis, 2011). [...]
[...] In the Mongolian society, the situation was no different. Slaves were nod entitled to nay legal protection and their masters could do with them what they saw fit. In the cases of women, their position within the society could not be equated to the contemporary ideals of citizenships(Dunnell, 2010). All women, including the natives, were to all intents the property of their men. They had limited rights to property ownership or airing opinions in any social or political event. However, the Mongolian society cannot be evaluated on modern ideals. [...]
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