Talk:Organization of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan

"Genghis Khan had a Mongol code of law called the Yassa written down, in which violators would be put to death for minor offenses. Under Genghis Khan's rule, all individuals and religions were equal under Mongol law as long as they were nomads.[citations needed] Sedentary peoples, especially the Chinese, were strongly discriminated against.[citations needed] He used torture widely and exempted religious practitioners and doctors from taxes. The Mongols are thought to have introduced into Europe the explosives that were first created in China, as well as high-powered siege engines that the Chinese developed. Genghis Kahn has been recently labelled from modern historian's as a tyrant equivalent to that of Stalin or Hitler. However, at his time torture and brutality were a way of life."

Frankly, I find the above paragraph on the Yassa (quoted vwerbatim from the page at the time I viewed it) to be inaccurate, misinformed, and replete with grammatical error. "Under Genghis Khan's rule, all individuals and religions were equal under Mongol law as long as they were nomads.[citations needed] Sedentary peoples, especially the Chinese, were strongly discriminated against.[citations needed]" Seeing as no copies of the Yassa exist to this day, and no secondary sources seem to point out this supposed divide between nomad and sedentary life, this is pretty audacious. Note the 'citations needed'. "He used torture widely" is incorrect as well; torture was actually eliminated under the Mongols; this is not to say they did not make liberal use of capital punishment. "Genghis Kahn has been recently labelled from modern historian's as a tyrant equivalent to that of Stalin or Hitler. However, at his time torture and brutality were a way of life." I'm not even sure where to start with this one. "Kahn"? "historian's"? The ridiculous appeal to authority coupled with an irrelevant reference to Stalin and Hitler? In fact, recent "historian's" have moved away from the 'Temujin-as-butcher' outlook, and moved to a more nuanced look at the Mongol Empire. Clearly, this section was written with someone with an axe to grind, and I am going to delete it.

Possible Stub?

I think that this article could be a stub, and might be more helpful if it were to be added under a different Genghis Khan/Mongol article. I suggest that an admin look at this article and possibly add a stub notice. Thank you Theonlytruemathnerd ^{talk to me} 18:34, 6 April 2013 (UTC)