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Unbridled9 posted...

The Old World sort of saw something similar in the Mongols. They were powerful when it came to the conquests but once it came time to actually rule their land they quickly crumbled because being able to fight and being able to lead are not the same thing in the slightest.

That's bull shit

The Mongols did pretty well as rulers. Some lands were lost quickly, others were managed for 50-100 years, and multiple parts of the empire lasted a few hundred years.
And they were good rulers in terms of overall management, allowing religious freedom and keeping the length of the Silk Road secure so Marco Polo could have his little adventure.

Not sure why so many people are so eager to discount the Mongols as some flash in the pan that "went away soon after Genghis died" (they kept expanding thru his successor Ogedai's reign, but why let facts get in the way of the narrative?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire#Legacy

Some Turko-Mongol Khanates lasted into recent centuries: The Crimean Khanate lasted until 1783; the Khanate of Bukhara lasted until 1920; the Kazakh Khanate lasted until 1847; the Khanate of Kokand lasted until 1876; and the Khanate of Khiva survived as a Russian protectorate until 1917.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire