This shows that Alauddin is a good leader but howdoes this show that the Mongols were uncivilized?

Marco Polos stories of the Mongol Empire included technology that was so advanced at the time that many Europeans did not believe him.

Marco Polo went on an expedition to work with Kublai Kahn in the Mongolian Empire. He was so impressed by their way of life that he stayed there for 17 years.

After Marco Polo finished his expedition in the Mongol Empire he returned to Europe to speak on his adventures. He told stories of paper money, efficient communication system, coal burning, gunpowder, and porcelain which are all technologies that Europe did not have. He even called Xanadu "the greatest palace that ever was."

Mongols only knew how to pillage and go to war, they did not know how to be civilized and run a civilization.

Ghengis Kahn used fear in order to control his troops and conquered peoples by threatening to kill their families.

The Mongols were initially a nomadic group with no major advancements in architecture, technology, or art and they just raided northern Chinese cities.

The Mongols helped to reinstate trade throughout Eurasia and helped spread ideas and technology within their empire.

They created the largest land Empire ever and controlled it for an extended period of time.

Mongol women more rights than women in most of the other empires during this time period.