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Chapter 11


  • largest land-based state in history
  • great engineers and extremely good learners who changed the world more than any other super power
  • they could run over the brutally cold lands of Siberia and the brutally hot lands of Arabia
  • A lot of tech ( dissipation of gun powder, paper, and printing press) happened as a direct result of their conquests
  • Helped shape the world we live in today
  • they were extremely innovative and played on key weaknesses of their opponents 
  • built a spectacular international postal system through a big chunk of Eurasia
  • created standardized bank notes and paper currencies long before Europe
  • Free trade are that connected most of the world
  • built religious tolerance that spanned all religions they knew
  • sciences, astronomy, engineering, and math exploded in mongol era
  • constant thirst for knowledge & quick learners 
  • spread whatever they learned from various cultures
  • .5 men related to GK in the world
  • very effective military 
  • infrastructure for ideas
  • accepting of homosexuality 
  • women had a lot of rights 

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