The Mongol Khanates

The Four Khanates• China – Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)• Golden Horde – Russia (1240-1450)

– No direct control – no assimilation or change in Russian culture

– Extraction of tribute from Russian princes– Turns Russia away from west, Catholism, development

• Il-khanate – Persia (1258 – 1350) – End of Abbasid Empire– Destruction of much of economy– Direct rule– Adopt Muslim religion, assimilate to Persian traditions

• Chagatai – Central Asia

Pax Mongolica – 100 years of Asiatic peace and exchange

Black Death travels the Silk Road to China and Europe, the Indian Ocean to

the Middle East