Pax Mongolica

Pax Mongolica or " The Mongol Peace " is a term coined by Western authors term to describe the relatively stable social, cultural and economic conditions in the interior of the Mongol Empire. This conquered by Genghis Khan and his heirs empire included from the late 12th to the 16th century, large parts of Asia and Europe.

The legend says that the heyday of the empire a virgin with a pot of gold could cross its territory from one end to the other unaccompanied, without having to be afraid of harassment of any kind.

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The well-organized civil administration structures and the resulting relative safety inside the Empire is based only partly on political unity within the Mongol Empire. Such was namely only from 1190 to 1307 for the entire empire. Rather, the cohesion manifested after 1307 in the codified law in the Yasa, the postal and communication system ( Örtöö and Paiza ), and the common artistic and cultural heritage in particular writing and language. In this respect, the Mongol Empire was from 1307, the most of the time more of a the Holy Roman Empire similar confederation under more formal than factual line through the respective Great Khan as a unitary state in the modern sense.

The ruling within the Mongol Empire safety is in some contrast to the cruelty and hardship of Mongol warfare. In its greatest extent, the kingdom of Poland to Vietnam and Moscow extended to North India, ruled, among other things, the entire Silk Road, the main trade route between Europe and Asia. It was surrounded by numerous vassal states, which were the Mongol Empire tributary and had to align their policies according to the wishes of the Khans.

A large number of sources on the Mongol empire are due to the Pax Mongolica, especially the trip reports, which constitute an important source for the study of the Mongol Empire. Important examples are the Ystoria Mongalorum of John de Plano Carpini and travel reports by the European adventurer William of Rubruk and Marco Polo. These and other travel reports arose because in the history of mankind enormous distances could be covered relatively safe for the first time. The same fact is also responsible for the initial transfer of a large amount of ( historical ) knowledge over very long distances: By Pax Mongolica example arrived Chinese fonts in the Middle East and vice versa.