As rulers, the Mongols could best be described as a. Tolerant – Mongols did not typically force their beliefs upon their subjects and often adopted local customs
b. Brutal – torture and slavery become a way of life for those conquered by the Mongols
c. Oppressive – Mongols ensured that all conquered peoples worshipped the nature gods and adopted Mongol
traditions
d. Absent – upon conquering a territory they stripped it of everything useful and moved on to further conquest, thus
leaving the remaining survivors to rebuild as they saw fit