Merchant's Life Under Mongol Rule
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The postal-station system was, of course, originally devised to facilitate the transmission of official mail from one part of the empire to another. Set up approximately every 20 miles along the major trade routes and stocked with supplies of food, horses, and lodging, the stations were an incredible boon to all travelers, whether they were traveling for business or otherwise.” Under the Mongol rule, they also had the benefit of not beig faced with confiscatory taxation. They also "granted higher tax breaks and benefits to trader in an effort to promote commerce" in Persia.
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