Which of the following best describes the Mongol approach to incorporating skilled people (such as artisans, scholars and administrators) from conquered regions into their empire?
A.
They were forcibly converted into nomadic herders
B.
They were completely ignored and left in conquered territories
C.
Such people were often spared and employed in Mongol service for their expertise
The grandson of Genghis Khan who completed the conquest of China and became a famous Mongol emperor (visited by the Venetian traveller Marco Polo) was:
The Mongol khanate that established control over large parts of Russia and Eastern Europe, and is historically referred to as ruling over that region, is commonly known as the: