HIS102Y1 Final: ID TERMS - final exam part 1
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Paiza: is a tablet of authority for the mongol officials and envoys. It enabled the mongol nobles and officials to demand goods and services from civilian populations. The mongols established a comprehensive network of post stations to maintain communications with their armies. Only those with proper authorization, in the form of metal or wooden paiza tablets, were allowed use of the lodgings, supplies, and horses provided at these post stations. The mongolian inscription on this silver paiza reads, by the power of the. Eternal heaven, may the name of mongke khan be sacred. He who does not honour it shall perish and die. The term is used to describe the eased communication and commerce the unified administration helped to create, and the period of relative peace that followed the mongols" vast conquests. The conquests of genghis khan and his successors effectively connected the eastern world with the western world, ruling a territory from southeast asia to eastern europe.
