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Cultural!! @ Conquered peoples

Doc 1:
    Sympathetic view (world conqueror)
    Under the dynasty control
    Fairness = crime (hammurabi)
    Writing @ Uighurs.
    Mongols created bureaucracy, but weren't great at it
    They borrowed other cultures and eventually fell
    Uighur = conquered people, Mongol children were typically warriors
    Persian

Doc 2:
    Close to the dynasty too
    Tibetan Buddhism/Yuan = China, but pushing a specific cultural view
    Worldly welfare = Mongols
    Trying to separate mongol activity from religion because they are
        typically very tolerant
    "order"
    Peace from the khan (silk road considered safest)
    Khublai Khan willing to make changes for religion
    Because local religious leaders support
    The Mongols changed their own culture to allow them to gain more
        control in conquered regions

Doc 3:
    Arab, historian *about* religious leader
    Likely a bit more neutral than from a religious leader directly but
        still some bias
    Mongols -> muslim
    In conquered regions, mongols sort of fit into the existing bureau-
    cracy

Doc 4:
    Historian close to the Mnogols, so universal history close to Khans
    Christian!
    Doquz Khatun is Nestorian
    religion is a really big thing here (divide by that??)

Doc 5:
    Female companions = locals, help integrate the khans with the local
        people and prevent revolt.
    Tapestry used by Buddhists
    Because the Mongols integrated religion into their local rules,
        religious leaders supported the Mongols in return
    Wait this was made *for the court* hmmm.

Historical Context
Intended Audience
Purpose
Point of View

External evidence:
After Kublai Khan's death, individual Khanates sprung up in the regions
that the Mongols ruled. They retained the Silk Road's continuity while
infighting amongst themselves. Needed local support (1).

Mongols helped push technological growth during their rule because most
governance was left to the locals with greater external connectivity,
so there was less control

Groups:
- Religious Tolerance
- Originally had internal secular rule system
- Khanates = decentralized

Thesis:
The khanates, having become decentralized

Groups:
- Religious leaders try to preserve themselves
- Mongols try to use religious power for their own benefit
    (sometimes against other khans)
- Mongols used religious technology