Question

Mongol conquests ranged from East Asia to Eastern Europe during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This relatively short period was crucial in establishing new international contacts. Which societies gained the most as a result of the Mongol period? Which societies gained the least? In your response, consider the following regions: West Africa, Western Europe, South Asia, West Asia, and East Asia.

Answer 1

Societies gained the least during the Mongol conquests around thirteenth and fourteenth centuries are;

1. West Africa
2. West Europe
3. West Asia.

Societies gained the most during the Mongol conquests around thirteenth and fourteenth centuries are;

1. South Asia
2. East Asia.

• The Mongol conquests serves as a period that established new international contacts among societies around thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

• These societies range from those that gained so much and those that has the gain.

• Societies that gain least has like west Africa had little contact, they experienced war.

• In East Asia, there was establishment of Yuan Dynasty which was as a result of invasion of mongol.

• Mughal Empire was set up in south asia when Mongols invaded India.