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So here is my question wi Hulegu does not burn down the library and instead decides to use its knowledge for the mongols. What happens now. Baghdad is sacked like usual but in a moment of kindness Hulegu orders the mongols to only kill the male populace and opposition in baghdad and spare the women, children, and the library. Instead he wants all the literature and knowledge in the library be read and understood by the scholars. What happens now that the library is in the hands of Mongols and they have access to all its works. What do the mongol khans do with the knowledge and what changes does this create for the mongol empire now that the knowledge of the library is spread across the vast empire..