Political Similarities Between China And Mongols

Mongol politics were similar in their goals of gaining wealthiness. Although there was this main goal, the political rule still varied in China and the Middle East under Mongol rule. In terms of taxes, both areas had initially issued heavy taxation policies to the people of their new captured land. In China though, the heavy taxes did not stay as they did in Persia. When Kublai Khan ruled starting in 1271, he adopted a chinese favorable ruling style. He lowered taxes for the chinese people as well as other generous activities such as public works and peasant friendly policies to protect their farmland from grazing. Even with Kublai at ruler lowering taxes, Mongol rule was still harsh to the chinese people. In terms of decision making, the Mongol …show more content…
In Persia, wine had caused the economy to make gains because of how the Mongols liked to drink alcohol often. In China, the Mongols had just taken over the silk trade coming out of China. In both places trade had become safer because of how the Mongols had fiercely defended their merchants from anything that could interfere with the trade. This allowed for trade over longer distances. The agriculture lands in Persia had mostly become desert or abandoned, and this was a result of the underground irrigation canals being left unattended and the fields then failed without proper water supply. In China though, the fields controlled mostly by peasants, were protected under Kublai Khan’s rule, so animals could not overgraze the land. In the Middle East there was not a protection like this in place so lands were grazed and soon became deserts. Even with this protection in China, the savage Mongols did overrun and destroy cities and fields as they were in the process of taking over China. The economic components of the Middle East and China under Mongol rule was similar in that their economies were shaped to fit the Mongol lifestyle but differed in more specifically what was the main effect to their