Committee Type: Joint Crisis Committee (J.C.C.)

Agenda: The 13th Century Mongolian Invasion of the Song Dynasty

Freeze Date: August, 1227

Additional Directors: Naksh Jain, Aarshia Kaushik, Amreen Singh, Bhavya Priya, Medha Shrivastava

Cabinet Structure:

• The Mongol Empire

• The Song Dynasty

Committee email: ice.jccsmun24@gmail.com 

 

 

“If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”

~Genghis Khan

 

The raging dance of flames, the firing of fatal arrows, the swishing of serrated spears and the beating of the drums of war echo across the steppes, as the mortiferous empire emerges from the thunderous hooves of a million horses and the cloak of darkness of the pyramid of skulls, for they are the Great Khans.

 

The clinking of armours, the swirling of the splendid silk and the scratching of the scholar’s quill resonated through the bustling cities like a harmonious prelude to war, as the imperial dynasty stood sentinel against the impending tempest, for they are the Great Songs.

 

The Mongol-Song rivalry has reached a critical juncture. Genghis Khan's relentless campaigns pose an existential threat to the Song Dynasty. The Mongol military prowess, characterized by swift cavalry attacks and strategic brilliance, strain the Song's defensive capabilities, grapple them with the constant threat of invasion and pose a formidable challenge to the once seemingly impervious walls of the Great Wall and the resplendent cities of the Song. Concurrently, the Mongol Empire, having rapidly expanded its dominion across the Central Asian steppes, is facing the strategic challenge of incorporating diverse regions, each having adopted a varied set of ideologies, into its vast realm.

 

The year 1227 serves as a poignant moment in the narrative of Chinese history, a juncture where the Mongol tide, set in motion by Genghis Khan, surged toward the heart of the Song Dynasty, shaping the contours of a new chapter in the annals of the Middle Kingdom. 

 

Delegates, the swords are now in your halls, for in your hands, lies the power to rewrite the chapters of a chronicle and sculpt the contours of a future where the East stands resilient, united, and radiant with promise. The walls of history await the engrave of this epochal confrontation, whose legacy would echo through the corridors of time, for afterall, it is:

 

A tale scripted in the ink of destiny and the blood of dynasties;

This is more than a mere conflict of empires,

It is a collision of worlds.