The Mongols

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Under the governance of the Tang Dynasty beginning at 618, China experienced the establishment of the Confucian Civil Service exam and an expanded military force. These would be carried over when the Song Dynasty took up rule in 960, who would later be brought down by nomads. Nomads are large groups of people who have no permanent settlement in one location, in other words: travelers. The most popular of these peoples are pretty much accepted to be the Mongols. The Mongols were revered for their political governance but most of all: their military expertise. This exact same military knowledge would lead to them toppling the Song dynasty in 1279 CE, and forming the Yuan dynasty to take over. Under the rule of the Mongol’s Yuan dynasty,…show more content…
To begin with, they did away with traditional China’s main process of job distribution, the civil service exam. This elimination was on account of the Mongols being illiterate and unversed in Confucian teachings, meaning they would perform poorly on the exam and by the law, not be able to hold any positions. This in turn would allow for the Yuan dynasty to distance themselves from any Confucian ethics. Subsequently, the Mongols denied any native Chinese citizen a spot in their strong central government on account of the notion that the natives would be more likely to distribute special privileges to certain citizens and all in all not govern fairly. Instead, they only allowed foreign peoples to fill these roles. An example of a foreigner holding a high position was the traveler Marco Polo. Polo was a Venetian trader who travelled between both the East and West and was made a diplomat by Kublai Kahn. Fixed and regular taxes were also implemented by the Yuan dynasty, as well as separate laws for Chinese citizens that stood apart from those of the Mongols. Paper money would also be added to the Mongols’ accomplishments, as they switched from traditional copper and iron coins, whose raw materials could be used for other

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