Pax Romana got nothing on the Khans.
Here is a most interesting link on the enforced peace of the short-lived but largest land empire in human history.
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Interesting piece. I only had time to skim it this morning but will give it a thorough later on this evening.
Cool. I like the author’s reasonably unbiased conclusion to the Pax Mongolica: it did a few good things, but like all empires, much of it was enforced through violence.