TIL Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.

http://innovativehistory.blogspot.com/2014/09/genghis-khan-warrior-military-leader-c.html



Submitted January 30, 2015 at 07:35PM by thecraigm http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2u741h/til_genghis_khan_exempted_the_poor_and_clergy/