Why are historians praising the Mongols by saying they helped link regions and promoted cross cultural trade when they were cold blooded barbarians?

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The great Mongol leader Ghengis Khan was certainly a successful warrior; but, he also did much to unite his people and help the Mongolian culture flourish. It is a mistake to the think of the Mongols merely as "cold blooded barbarians." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan Nov 04 09, 1:28 AM

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