The Mongols were also interested in learning from the people they ruled. For example, the Mongols sent letters very quickly from one place to another in their empire. They learned this from the Chinese. There were letter station every 40 kilometres on important routes and riders were always ready to carry letters from one station to the next.
And the Mongols were open to different religion. We can see this in Niccolo and Maffeo’s meeting with Kublai Khan and the great ruler’s questions about Christianity and his message to the Pope.