The rest of the population would be divided into groups according to skills. According to Weatherford the Mongols executed outright the aristocrats, the soldiers, and those who had no apparent value for them.
The Mongol conquests of China and Persia are described in great detail. In this revisionist history, Jack Weatherford chooses to portray the Mongols as builders as well as destroyers of civilization and not nearly as destructive as they are portrayed.
Genghis Khan and the Mongols are generally portrayed as ruthless butchers who slaughtered entire cities and left behind great piles of human bones as memorials to their conquests.
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