Trade
In order to keep a large empire alive you need to be able to have access to resources and have a large income. All The Mongol had a great history of supporting merchants and trade. Genghis Khan had encouraged foreign merchants early in his career, even before uniting the Mongol's. Merchants provided him with information about neighboring cultures, served as diplomats and official traders for the Mongol's, and were essential for many needed goods, since the Mongol's produced little of their own.
Mongol sometimes provided capital for merchants and sent them afield, in an ortoq also known as an merchant partner arrangement. as the empire grew, any merchants or ambassadors with proper documentation and authorization, received protection and sanctuary as they travelled through Mongol realms. well travelled and relatively well maintained roads linked lands from the Mediterranean basin to china, and greatly increasing overland trade, and resulting in some dramatic stories of those who travelled on what was then known as the silk road.
Mongol sometimes provided capital for merchants and sent them afield, in an ortoq also known as an merchant partner arrangement. as the empire grew, any merchants or ambassadors with proper documentation and authorization, received protection and sanctuary as they travelled through Mongol realms. well travelled and relatively well maintained roads linked lands from the Mediterranean basin to china, and greatly increasing overland trade, and resulting in some dramatic stories of those who travelled on what was then known as the silk road.