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Turning point · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
A yam waystation
1234 — Ögedei decrees the relay: remount stations every 25–40 km on every road of the empire, fodder and riders ready. An order — or a merchant with a paiza tablet — moves 300 km a day, Hungary to Korea. It is the nervous system the conquests become a state through.
This is one scene of Chapter 7 — The Machinery of Empire in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294.
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