Were The Mongols Civilized

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The Mongols were definitely a civilized group, just not in the sense that most people see civilization. The mongols were civilized in the ways that they acted in warfare, even if it often seems that they were not, in the ways that they governed their people, and they were of great aid to the development of societies all over the world. People judge our values solely on our methods of warfare, but we were only savages to those who forced us to be savages, waging war against us and denying annexation. Yes, people who refused to surrender to us were all slaughtered, but this helped to reduce unrest for the civilians in our empire because we did not want to introduce citizens into towns under our banner if they would inevitably rebel. This also

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