On the Fact that (According to Nichols Wade's Great Book, "A Troublesome Inheritance") In Order for the Mongols to Effectively Rule Over China Post Conquest, They Ultimately Had to Adopt China's More Sophisticated Institutions (Institutions that Had Proven Effective In Neutralizing Tribalism)

Contrast this to the Ottomans, who, whenever they took over a state, instituted a form of military slavery in which anyone who didn't measure up could at any moment be murdered per orders of the Sultan......and to essentially everywhere else that Islam has inflicted its ideology upon a conquered foe (Thailand is getting a man-sized dose of this treatment as we speak). Happy landing, Europe............................................................................................P.S. And, no, I'm not saying that the Mongols weren't capable of their own brand of brutality in that they clearly were but at least they showed SOME adaptability and for that they were Machiavellian even before Machiavelli.