1. The Mongol Khanates

2. The Four Khanates China – Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
Golden Horde – Russia ( )
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

3. Pax Mongolica – 100 years of Asiatic peace and exchange

4. Black Death travels the Silk Road to China and Europe, the Indian Ocean to the Middle East