Throughout history, nomadic herders from the steppes of central Asia have interacted with societies around them and influenced much of Eurasia. Around the 14th century, these nomadic herders were able to use their military prowess to conquer and dominate settled societies to build a vast empire for themselves. Mongol conquest and rule of China and the Middle East both differed in terms of systems of bureaucratic administration and trade-based interaction, but
As the Mongols conquered China and the Middle East, they adopted different systems of bureaucratic administration to govern the people living in their newly obtained territories. In China, Mongols viewed the Chinese as mere cultivators, so they brought foreign administrators into China who were in charge of Chinese affairs. By bringing
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To maintain the economy in China, Mongol rulers built many roads to maintain trade and initiated the circulation of paper money. By building roads and circulating paper money in the Chinese economy, merchants were able to travel long distances and trade with other societies. However, the circulation of paper money was a lack of success; the Mongols didn’t maintain enough bullion to back up paper money which led to decreased revenue. Persia served as a crossroads of trade for the Mongols, they worked to secure trade routes and ensure the safety of merchants passing through their territories. Working to secure trade routes for merchants benefitted the Mongols enormously since they received a steady amount of revenue; however Persia soon also encountered the problem of receiving paper money with little value which also decreased revenue. In both China and the Middle East, the initiation of trade-based interactions led to increased interaction with other societies, however the circulation of paper money was a thing that led to more reduced