GeneralTacticus
Warlord
okay, true nobody cared for the Mongol's culture... and probably everyone in the Mongol Empire couldn't wait to over throw these overlords... but hold on a second! The Mongols wouldn't of even had an empire to begin! It is virtually impossible to go on a conquering rampage in the game with low culture rating - unless as mentioned many times in this thread - you leave a HUGE garrison in each city.
If my culture is weak - I should be able to offset this with a powerful army - period.
BTW, the Mongols lost in the end because of internal fighting - once the conquered people saw the weakened Mongols they didn't hesitate to revolt... Military Revolt btw
The Mongols blitzed their way though the Civs they fought, thus eliminating enemy influence from their city radii. This also had the effect of driving the enemy capital further away, reducing the risk of flipping. They also razed numerous cities.
Conquering at the speed the Mongols did is not possible in Civ 3, due to the inability to use enemy roads that Coracle seems to hate so much. However, it would NOT be good for game balance if you could replicate what the Mongols did: imagine the reaction if you could spend hours and hours building up a huge Civ (China) when someone suddenly came out of the blue and rolled over your empire before you could properly react?