birdboy2000
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Currently, there are six languages of the United Nations. Arabic, Russian, English, French, Chinese, and Spanish. All of these languages are historically associated with large and powerful empires. The largest empire in human history, however, has a language spoken by a shade over five million people. The ruling dynasty of Genghis Khan's own family did last a bit longer in steppe politics outside Mongolia, but even there it was a fraction of the territory under which the Mongols once held sway, and they were swept away in time by the Russians. Admittedly, there are huge challenges facing them, and good reasons why not much of their empire survived - the Mongols were a tiny fraction of the people they ruled, were often hated for the brutality of their conquests, and they lost power after barely more than a century. Even if they could avoid constant civil war, there's still the fact that they were a small population of horse nomads who only gained writing in Genghis Khan's lifetime.
How can we get the Mongol Empire to have, well, a legacy similar in influence to that of other large empires in human history? Some cultural facet which connects Sarai to Beijing, if not Baghdad as well.
How can we get the Mongol Empire to have, well, a legacy similar in influence to that of other large empires in human history? Some cultural facet which connects Sarai to Beijing, if not Baghdad as well.