ABSTRACT
In the establishment of the Early Mongol state, we see that policies addressing the external factors were put forward only after internal factors had been dealt with. The practice of “partitioned administration” was an important tool in solving problems stemming from external factors, such as trade. Following historical sources whose perspectives were shaped by Chinggis Khan’s later success, the authors first look at the three-river region of the Onon-Kerulen and Tula in today’s eastern Mongolia. Actually, the incorporation of subjugated people began with nomadic populations. Temujin’s armies incorporated both nomadic tribesmen and sedentary subject populations. Yet only the nomads were split into smaller groups and sent in different directions, a situation referred to as “distribution” or “scattering”. The Mongolian terminology shows clearly how this was accomplished. It seems there were two ways of distributing defeated people.
