As I said elsewhere, I'm distinguishing peaceful externally (obviously, they were very aggressive) with peaceful internally (which they were very good at). And

As I said elsewhere, I'm distinguishing peaceful externally (obviously, they were very aggressive) with peaceful internally (which they were very good at). And "second class citizens who were tolerated because they paid extra taxes" was a definite step up from the Romans (and before them, the Persians, and after them, the Crusaders).