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The Mongol Empire conquered more land in 25 years than Rome did in 400 years. But their real genius wasn't military, it was financial. Discover how Genghis Khan and his descendants created the world's most sophisticated tax system, invented paper currency, and built economic networks that still influence global finance today.

🔥 IN THIS VIDEO:
How the Mongols conducted the first global census (1234-1290)
The ortaq merchant network that financed the empire
Kublai Khan's paper money experiment—600 years before the dollar
Why the Yuan Dynasty collapsed from hyperinflation
How modern tax systems descend from Mongol innovation

📚 KEY FACTS:
Mongol Empire census documented 13 million households by 1290
Agricultural tax rate: approximately 10% of harvest
Yuan Dynasty operated on government-issued paper currency (1271-1368)
Silk Road trade network spanned 5,000 miles under Mongol protection
The empire stretched from Korea to Hungary—largest contiguous land empire in history

🌍 THE MONGOL ECONOMIC LEGACY:
The Mongol Empire pioneered concepts that dominate modern economies: data-driven taxation, public-private partnerships (ortaq merchants), and fiat currency. When the Yuan Dynasty fell in 1368, it wasn't to foreign invasion, it was fiscal collapse caused by hyperinflation from unrestrained money printing.

Today's global tax systems, census operations, and government-backed currencies all trace their roots to innovations developed across the Mongol Empire between 1206 and 1368.

📖 SOURCES & FURTHER READING:
"The Mongol Empire" by John Man
"Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World" by Jack Weatherford
"The Mongols and Global History" by Morris Rossabi
Historical records from Marco Polo's travels (1271-1295)
Yuan Dynasty economic records and Chinese historical archives

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