[CarrotAndStick]

The Mughals, although trace back to the Mongols, aren't really that similar. The Mongols preferred the 'plunder and flee' tactics, while the Mughals were largely "Indianised/ Persianised" empire builders who preferred to settle rather than plunder.

[muawiyah]

Kublai Khan was, however, a Mongol, and he made some decisions about where he thought the lines should be drawn between the Buddhists, Hindus, Christians and Moslems.

And those lines were drawn and that was that.

Hardly the sort of thing a petty plunderer would do.

BTW, the Mongols did conquer almost the entire known world.