The whole article talks about the mongols, not "early nomadic empires". The whole article does not mention what made the mongols the "architects of modernity"

The whole article talks about the mongols, not "early nomadic empires". The whole article does not mention what made the mongols the "architects of modernity" or how are "scholars now argu[ing]" that mongols were architects. Yes, nomads did do lots of empire building. The arab empires were largely an offshot of nomadic upbringing and went to conquer. The mongols were largely an offshot of nomadic upbringing and went to conquer. The turks (aka ottomans) were largely an offshoot of nomadic upbringing and went to conquer. And I am pretty sure in europe, there is some trace of nomdic upbringing that gave rise to early empires, especially the scandinavian vandals and vikings and saxons. They didn't architect. They set the house structures for which empires needed to set the groundworks (conquering, pillaging, conforming). And the house structures are the preambles for modern constitutions and societies.