DESCRIBE MONGOLIAN DECLINE
BY: MARIA GUEDILLA
Collapse of the Ilkhanate
-Serious problems for governing Persia and China were encountered
-Persia:
-Persia:
- Overspending of money
- Tried to institute paper money and forced them to accept it
- Imposing paper money failed; Persian merchants closed up shops
- There were factions
- Last ruler died without an heir, leading to the Ilkhanate collapsing
Yuan Dynasty Decline
-Decline in China was more difficult
-China:
-China:
- Used paper money from Tang & Song dynasties
- Population lost confidence in it; prices raised
- Led to fighting, power struggles, imperial murders and civil war
Disease
-Bubonic Plague or "Black Death": Epidemic Disease
-Disease spread through trade and communication
-Massive loss of population (half or more)
-There were labor shortages
-Labor shortages led to peasants revolting
-Leading to driving out the Mongols back to the Steppes
-Disease spread through trade and communication
-Massive loss of population (half or more)
-There were labor shortages
-Labor shortages led to peasants revolting
-Leading to driving out the Mongols back to the Steppes
--Even after all this, there were surviving Mongol Khanates
--Didn't disappear completely
--Didn't disappear completely
Black Death Spreading
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College Board Themes:
- State Building, Expansion & Conflict: Political structures, Empires, Nations, Nationalism, Revolts & Revolutions
-This fits the best because conflict made the Mongols decline. There were also revolts from the peasants so all of these were factors that led to the decline of the Mongols.