The Medieval Period Roger Bacon And Genghis Khan

The Medieval Period was ushered into existence with the fall of the Western Roman Empire. There were many people that contributed to present time with their inventions, philosophies, and reign during the Medieval Period. As a matter of fact, there were continents all over the world that progressed due to certain achievements of people. The two people that fall inti this category are Roger Bacon and Genghis Khan. Roger was a scholar of the 13th century that was part of the Catholic Church until he was expelled and taught at both the University of Paris and Oxenford University. He was also known as Doctor Mirabalis, meaning â€Å"wonderful teacher† in Latin, because he was a scholar that defied the rules in certain areas like pursing alchemy and†¦show more content†¦At the age of 16, the time came when Genghis Khan married his very first wife, Borte, the daughter of the family that he dwelled with for a period of time. He had his first kid, a male named Jochi, after res cuing Borte from the Merkit tribe that kidnapped her. Soon after, that number soon turned to 4 kids with Borte. Over the years, he met many other women that also became his wife and had kids with them. Due to him being the emperor, it was essential to have many children, so they could keep the empire thriving. Without his children, the empire would have fallen almost instantly after his death in August 18, 1127. This caused about 10% of the male population in the world today to have a very small portion of his genetics. At the age of ten, Roger’s family started teaching academics to him, leading to an inspiration of science, math, and astronomy. From there, he became caught up in his work and fascinations too much that he was even expelled from the Catholic Church since he was an unconventional scholar, causing him to have neither a love interest or children of his own. This occurred because having lots of children and multiple wives was a Mongolian custom while Roger didnâ⠂¬â„¢t have any children because he was a friar, so he had to give up sex and other sexual activities, supposedly, in order to be part of the Catholic Church and was to be busy in his academic studies, including his experiments and produced inventions. However, both Genghis Khan and Roger Bacon did