1. Nomads migrated and lived near settled people because they needed to trade.
2. It was more egalitarian because both the women and men worked. If it was patriarchal their system of that would not have worked.
3. A respected leader would call a general council and anyone who supported the candidate would show up riding their horses.
4. 1. Yuan Dynasty - China
2. Ilkanate - Persian
3. Chagatai - central Asia
4. Golden Horde - Russia
5. 1. The Mongols really did reinvigorate cross-Eurasian trade.
2. The Mongols increased communication through Eurasia.
3. Another thing that traveled along the Mongol trade routes was cuisine.
4. The Mongols forcibly relocated people who were useful to them.
5. The Mongols were almost unprecedentedly tolerant of different religions.