Weatherford’s thesis statement, “The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age”. Weatherford’s thesis is correct because he outlawed slavery and redistributed the wealth he gained, he established free trade along the silk road and he created one of the first international postal systems, as well as left conquered cities alone along with he promoted people based on individual merit.
To begin, the argument of Weatherford is correct, as Genghis Khan outlawed slavery and redispersed his riches. Genghis Khan acknowledged that slavery produced resentment and economic pressure. During his youth he and his wife Börte had also been a slave themselves when the opposing clan kidnapped him. As Genghis Khan decided to reform the Mongol people, he forbade Mongols to be treated as servants or slaves.Genghis Khan is often identified as one of History's richest people–but only for the territory he has occupied. Instead of collecting the money and commodities which Genghis obtained from winning, Genghis gave them back to his soldiers, who had otherwise been barred from plundering without permission.
To follow, Weatherford’s thesis is accurate because he established free trade along the silk road and he created one of the first international postal systems. Genghis Khan believed in the unifying and useful knowledge of foreign trade because many of his informants were spies. Genghis converted the cities and towns he captured into trading centers while moving through Asia. His conquests into Europe have set up key trade routes between East and West over time. Knowledge was the force in the kingdom of Genghis Khan; that is why a Pony-like express messaging system known as the Yam was one of his first instructions as emperor. Rider delivered messages over a network of huts and were constantly changing mounts, doing as much as 200 miles a day. In addition to delivering messages, drivers were also spies who could observe the powers of the enemy and keep track of assimilated settlements.
To end, Weatherford’s thesis is true because Genghis Khan left conquered cities alone along with he promoted people based on individual merit. Upon taking a region, Genghis Khan was leaving some officials behind to oversee local relations and mostly to let people live on if, of course, they were loyal to the Grand Empire. Most people knew more than to fight to their conscience. Nevertheless, a few people faced again and again the anger of the whole force. Nishapur, in 1221, tried his luck and saw every last man murdered in what is today northern-eastern Iran. Before Genghis Khan's day, the feudal system in all Asia awarded aristocratic rights and births in particular. While being the son of a dictator, Genghis scorns the scheme and introduces a modern system that rewards allegiance and individual achievement in the arena as it moves over the globe.
In conclusion, Weatherford’s thesis is correct because Genghis Khan outlawed slavery and redistributed the wealth he gained, he established free trade along the silk road and he created one of the first international postal systems, and left conquered cities alone along with he promoted people based on individual merit. Genghis Khan and his wife had previously been enslaved, so they knew what it caused, and he scattered his wealth among his soldiers. One of his first rules was a postal system, and while conquering Europe making a free trade system. He would also, after conquering a city, would leave a few people to oversee but essentially let them live their lives, and he favored individual development. Genghis Khan led the world into the common era by outlawing slavery, establishing free trade and creating the first internation postal system, as well as leaving his conquering cities to rule temselves as well as encouraged people to pursue their individualty.
