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Genghis Khan’s Tax Machine: How the Mongols Turned Terror Into Profit | History Documentary
Most people remember Genghis Khan for burning cities and broken walls.
But behind the terror was something colder – a tax machine that turned conquest into a global business.

This episode of Power & Money History rewinds the rise of the Mongol Empire not as a story of battles, but as the construction of one of the first truly international tax systems. From the steppe to China, Persia, and Europe, the Mongols learned how to turn fear into steady income.

In this video, you’ll discover:

How Genghis Khan united warring tribes with a code (the Yassa) that set rules for loyalty, justice – and tribute
How conquered cities were given a brutal choice: pay in gold, grain, livestock, or silk… or be erased
How Mongol rulers invented early “tax farming,” auctioning off the right to collect taxes for profit
How the Pax Mongolica turned the Silk Road into a protected money highway, with tariffs at every checkpoint
How the Yam postal system became the empire’s financial bloodstream, moving messages, orders, and revenue
Why Karakorum, the Mongol capital, became a crossroads of merchants, scribes, and tax collectors
How corruption, rival khanates, and rising tax pressure slowly strangled the very system that had made the empire rich
The disturbing echoes between Mongol tribute and today’s customs, tariffs, and tax codes
This is not just military history. It’s the story of how a nomad warlord built a global tax empire – and how greed and over‑taxation helped tear it apart.

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