The Mongol Empire

[Phalanx]

Contrary to popular belief Chinghis Khan was not a barbarian. Yes, at times he could be ruthless, but he also left a government system unparalled in human history. In his domain, everyone, men, women, mongols, turks, muslims, buddhists were all equal. And this was not just in words. Chinghis himself lived as his subjects did, and all treasure was sent to bettering his empire as a whole, not just militarily. Religion had absolutely no part in the government, and all trials were fair and just, if the punishment were too harsh.

[RedStarOverChina]

"In his domain, everyone, men, women, mongols, turks, muslims, buddhists were all equal."

That is not true. The Kakhan (tho westerners call him Khan, meaning king, his title was actually Kakhan, equivalent to emperor.) was somewhat racist. For example, He favored Mongols over the Turks, favored the Turks over Arabs, and favored Arabs over the Northern Chinese. Later on in his Empire, Southern Chinese became the worst treated people.
Class division was strict, as slaves (captured from war) was distributed among the Mongol warriors. The KaKhan lived a luxurious and unrestrianed live.
The government system he left was simple but practical. It's just an hierachy, with the warriors on the top, owning massive amount of wealth. The warriors were awarded with them by their performance in combat. The Kakhan required each important army official and aristocrat to give their oldest son to the Kakhan as hostages, so that no one would rebel against him.
The political structure became a bit more sophisticated during the reign of his grandson, Kublai Khan (Kakhan), who embraced many Chinese policies and ideas.

[MysticArcher]

The government system he left was simple but practical. It's just an hierachy, with the warriors on the top, owning massive amount of wealth.

Yes, we really don't learn anything about government from the Mongols

We do however learn that mounted archers beat the two other dominating theories of warfare of the time (heavily armored infantry or heavily armored cavalry)

and that's about it

[ComradeChris]

It was a despotism. China had a better system, then the Mongols took it over; along with countless other countries.

In order to trade in those areas, the merchants had to provide tributes to the Khan. However, on the opposite side, the Khan's often richly rewarded merchants who were able to make it into their presences. They also made overland merchantalism possible as their army guarded the trade route. They knew that the only thing they had was the trade that sustained their dwindling economy.

Their economy was constantly dwindling because the places they took over, the inhabitants were often forced to uproot and work tediously for the Khan's wishes.

so lets recap:
- Mechantalism
- Forced, pactically slave, labour
- very militaristic

Sounds like socialism/communism to me. Thank the stars that they didn't rule for very long periods of time.

[bolshevik butcher]

The mongols were basiclly living in a feudalistic society, the stuff we learned from them was generally about war, and that's a bit outta date now.