MAP 12.2 The Mongol Invasions to 1259
The Mongols tied East Asia to the West. Their conquest of China, which took place at about the same time as their invasions of Russia and Iran, created a Eurasian economy. Compare this map with the Mapping the West Europe and Byzantium, c. 1215, in Chapter 11”. Why were the Mongol invasions a threat to the Muslim world?