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| “ | Dosho! Dosho! | „ |
| ~ Mongol archers alerting other Mongols that they are firing. |
The Mongol Empire, or simply known as the Mongols, are the main antagonists of the 2020 action-adventure drama video game Ghost of Tsushima.
It is one of the most powerful and largest empires to ever exist in history, having conquered many different countries in various parts of the world. The Mongol's were in Eastern Europe and invaded countries such as, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine and Poland. They also conquered countries in the Middle East, such as Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan.
By 1274, the Mongols had declared war against Japan. Events in the game take place on the small island of Tsushima, which was invaded by a large force under the command of the ruthless Khotun Khan.
History[]
Background[]
The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan's granfather. Genghis started to unite hostile tribes together and form an army. In 1206 he organized the Great Kurulai, during which he announced the birth of the Mongol Empire. In 1207 he started to conquer countries, first being Western Xia, a Chinese kingdom. This was before he shipped out and conquered many Siberian Territories. At the beginning of 1211 he managed to expand the empire with successful wars. In 1220 he gained mare territories in central Asia. In 1226 he conquered India and Bulgaria. He died in 1227, but his legacy still carried on.
Two years after Genghis' death, his son Ögedei Khan was chosen as new leader. But he died in 1241, but the Mongols conquered many states before his death. Like Caucasus Mountains, Levant and Anatolia. Even Persia and Tibet, states in Georgia and states in Russia. Kublai Khan then became the Khagan of the Mongol Empire in 1260.
Ghost of Tsushima[]
In 1274, the events of Ghost of Tsushima take place. By the time they invade Tsushima, the Mongols conquered Palestine, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Thrace, Serbia, Latin Empire, Armenia, Georgia, the Holy Roman Empire, Syria and Alamut at the western borders. They attacked Vietnam, India and Sakhalin. As far as invading the Chinese Song dynasty and Goryeo. They were unstoppable.
Kublai wished for diplomatic peace in Tsushima, so he offered a deal. The residents of Tsushima surrender and bend to his will or die. Kublai sent an army consisting of thousands of men from many different nations. On hundreds of warships, on one of the warships was Khotun Khan. Kublai's cousin, Khotun was an intelligent man and strong warrior. Khotun in preparation studied the Japanese culture, beliefs and tactics.
The main objective was to first convince the samurai to surrender, but for that to be done, there had to be blood. The second objective was to build a base of operations on Tsushima and then go for the mainland. The battle started of Komoda Beach, where Jin Sakai and his uncle Lord Shimura, along with 85 other samurai fought bravely, they were obviously beaten. Lord Shimura was captured by Khotun and Jin was presumed dead. Until he was rescued by a local thief Yuna. Jin enlists the help of Ryuzo, Sensei Ishikawa and Masako Adachi to help recapture Castle Kaneda, where Shimura was being held, hostage. By the time Shimura was rescued, The Mongols had captured the entirety of Tsushima. As time went on Jin developed tactics that were deemed dishonorable and went against the samurai code to defeat the Mongols. Such as stealth, using poison, and using fear as a weapon. During the battle of Castle Shimura, Jin was taken as prisoner and was planned to be sent to Japan to face justice for his dishonorable acts in front of the Shogun. Jin escapes and keeps on fighting the Mongols. Eventually Khotun Khan is killed by Jin, which makes a large force of the Mongols retreat back to Goryeo. The remainder of the Mongols that were on Tsushima were hunted down by Jin.
Culture[]
A map of the Mongol Empire in 1279.
The Mongol Empire was very multicultural, with each tribe and state having different beliefs and traditions. The nomadic lifestyles and respect toward horses gave the Mongol Empire and very mobile army. The different states in Mongolia had different people, in the south it was mostly Persian, and the west was European. The north was mostly shamanistic tribes and the east was Chinese and Korean.
The reason Mongolia was so diverse was that the Mongols had conquered so many states in the world. Those conquered states became a part of Mongolia. Thus Uniting almost all of the east. The main religion Mongols believed in was Shamanism, but other people who were a part of the Mongol Empire were Islam, Orthodox Christians, Buddhism, and Chinese beliefs. These religions were accepted by the Mongols since they didn't discriminate. In history, the Mongols that actually invaded Tsushima were mostly Chinese, Korean and Mongolian, the officials and nobility were mainly from native Mongol tribes.
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Language[]
The ruling Khans spoke the official Language of Mongolia, which was traditional Mongolian. The majority spoke this language. The language originated from the region where Genghis Khan was from, Northeastern Mongolia. Over time it diversified into several Mongolic Languages, today it is still spoken across Eurasia. Since the Mongol Empire was diverse many different languages were spoken, like Chinese, Korean and Turkic languages. Especially in the army since the army consisted of many people from different backgrounds. In the game, modern-day Mongolian is spoken only.
Armed Forces, Weaponry and Types of Soldiers[]
Due to the vast size of the Mongol Empire, they had many foot soldiers that were incredibly mobile, physically fit, exceptional agility, strength, and endurance. Each soldier was proficient in at least one weapon, it being a sword, bow or spear they could use it and be good with it. The Mongols were able to get new weapons for each country they conquered they got gunpowder, hwachas, catapults, warships, machine crossbows, armed cavalry and more. Invading China gave the Mongols siege weapons, and Korea gave them knowledge of warships and creating a navy.
During the Tsushima invasion the Mongols, learned and studied the Japanese culture, samurai code of honor, beliefs, language, and art. The Mongols alliance with the Straw Hat mercenaries gave them knowledge of different fighting styles and hand-to-hand combat skills. After Jin poisoned the Mongols airag, the Mongols reverse engineered the poison. They would later use it as a part of their invasion.
Trivia[]
- In Ghost of Tsushima, the Mongols speak with a modern Mongolian accent, back then classic Mongols spoke and wrote in a Mongol script that runs vertically and has Chinese characters.
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