This is a bit unfair and maybe a bit eurocentric. The mongolians did not have a written language at the time of unification since their nation was brand new. Genghis Khan commissioned a new written language by hiring some Nestorian priests. If you go to the Forbidden city in Beijing you'll see that script next to Chinese on signs in the forbidden city as it is the written language of the Manchurians as well. Later, Kublai Khan commissioned a Tibetan priest to create yet another writing system, which influenced development of the Korean writing system.
The cultural influence is there, it's just that the longer lasting influence was to connect other cultures, like introducing gunpowder to Hungary.
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This is a bit unfair and maybe a bit eurocentric. The mongolians did not have a written language at the time of unification since their nation was brand new. Genghis Khan commissioned a new written language by hiring some Nestorian priests. If you go to the Forbidden city in Beijing you'll see that script next to Chinese on signs in the forbidden city as it is the written language of the Manchurians as well. Later, Kublai Khan commissioned a Tibetan priest to create yet another writing system, which influenced development of the Korean writing system.
The cultural influence is there, it's just that the longer lasting influence was to connect other cultures, like introducing gunpowder to Hungary.