Mongol Compare And Contrast

Joseph Coverly
Mongol Compare and Contrast Throughout China and Russia during the Mongol takeover Russia became the tax collectors of the Mongol Empire and China was the heavily taxed, trade was increased due to the increase of security on trade routes, and a religion was strengthened both in the Orthodox Church in Russia and Buddhism in China. Both the Orthodox Church and Buddhism were promoted by the Mongol Empire, but not participated in by the Mongols. It was used to create unity within the various sections of the empire and used as mechanisms for rule. The Mongols had hired many Buddhist monks including Phags- pa who opened many monasteries and had a large say in government. The Mongols promoted the Orthodox Church by making the head of the Russian church the head of the Greek Orthodox Church. This continuity is due to religions ability to control a peoples and a wanting of the regions the Mongols take over to keep their cultural identity through religion. These keeping of their identity would cause a people to not feel oppressed and not revolt.