Justification? Morality? Empires are Governed by Speed and Logistics Alone.
How did illiterate Mongol nomads conquer 33 million square kilometers of the Eurasian continent? The answer lies not in ideology, but in an overwhelming 'system'.
1. The Strategicization of Terror
Genghis Khan piled mountains of corpses higher than city walls for cities that resisted, yet he assured the security of those that surrendered. It was a sophisticated psychological warfare apparatus, leveraging terror as 'information' to compel subsequent cities to open their gates voluntarily.