In short, we imagine the Mongol empire as stereotypically barbarian.

简而言之，我们将蒙古帝国想象成典型的野蛮人。

Kublai had been ruler of the Mongol empire for fifteen years by the time Marco met him.

到马可遇见忽必烈时， 忽必烈已经统治了蒙古帝国十五年。

According to Marco, over the next seventeen years he was sent on missions to different areas of the Mongol empire.

根据马可的说法， 在接下来的 17 年里， 他被派往蒙古帝国的不同地区执行任务。

So you could find Muslims and Buddhists and Christians and people of any other religion you can think of prospering throughout the Mongol empire.

所以你可以找到穆斯林、佛教徒、基督教徒和任何你能想到的其他宗教的人，他们在整个蒙古帝国繁荣昌盛。

It was said that a man could walk from one end of the Mongol empire to the other with a gold plate on his head without ever fearing being robbed.

据说，一个头戴金盘的人可以从蒙古帝国的一端走到另一端，而不必担心被抢劫。