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It was a bit of both. They protected the Silk Road, which increased trade between Asia and Europe, but they also heavily taxed citizens and spread the plague to make them fear them. -John Solorzano.

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I think it was a mix of both, I feel like Chinese civilization was more beneficial. Although the Mongols were extremely violent I feel like they wanted to protect their economy due to the spread of the plague, although I think they caused the Black Plague for there own wealth and greed.

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I think that the Mongols were very noxious because they were trying to make the people fear them because they caused a disease and decided to spread intentionally so they could make people more afraid.

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I think it was a bit of both since they did expand China's land and opened trade, but also was destructive mainly for forcing labor and heavily taxing.

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The Mongols were destructive and they tried to make people fear them so i think they did spread the plague on purpose.

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It was destructive since they were harsh to their Chinese citizens they also ended most of China's beliefs and culture also they were taxed cruelly.

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I believe the Mongol rule over China was particularly destructive to Chinese civilization because it resulted in the deaths of many people.

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I think it was a little bit of everything but it was mainly destructive mainly because of the Mongols I do believe they spread the plague just because they wanted people to fear them which is pretty messed up. (in my opinion)

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I think the Mongols rule of China was more destructive because they heavily taxed and forced labor caused hardship for many Chinese citizens.

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I think that the Mongol rule of China was more destructive, with their way of tending to be more brutal than others, and their 'laws' were carried more by their cruel nature. They made a few things useful to China, like opening trade routes, but I'm sure that the people in China could have done that themselves without all the unnecessary heavy taxing that the Mongols gave them.

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In my opinion it was a bit of both because they greatly expanded China's territory but they also put an end to a lot of China's cultural and religious beliefs, and they also heavily taxed them.

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I think the Mongols' rule of China was more destructive than beneficial to Chinese civilization. Though it's not to say that they didn't do anything beneficial to Chinese civilization, they heavily taxed Chinese people during their rule which prioritized survival over education and more. For these reasons, I think that the Mongol rule was more destructive.

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They did introduce some pretty important ideas and inventions, but I feel like with how destructive their methods were it kind of cancels out what they introduced.

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The impact was mixed, but leaned destructive. While the Mongols brought international trade and some innovations, their harsh policies and disruption of Chinese social structures caused long-lasting damage to Chinese cultural identity and traditional institutions.