Human ingenuity combined with greed, a sense of all encompassing mission, a god given directive to expand and conquer. Why did the Mongols do what they did? I

Human ingenuity combined with greed, a sense of all encompassing mission, a god given directive to expand and conquer. Why did the Mongols do what they did? I do want to point out that the modern world is quite different. Extractive institutions tend to fail and network effects may create a new form of economic transparency. I don't believe humanity has to continue our old ways in the future. Although the space race might restart the conquest cycle.