Wasn't the Klingons some reminiscence of Mongols in the original encounter? They had like cliché Mongol beards, and were classic Star Trek "human"-aliens with l

Wasn't the Klingons some reminiscence of Mongols in the original encounter? They had like cliché Mongol beards, and were classic Star Trek "human"-aliens with like 12 toes or something they never showed anyways.