Title: How Did the Mongol Invasions Affect Global History? - DailyHistory.org
Headings: How Did the Mongol Invasions Affect Global History?
How Did the Mongol Invasions Affect Global History?
Who did the Mongols Conquer?
Why were the Mongols able to defeat stronger enemies?
What was the Impact of the Mongol Invasions?
How did Invasions Affect the Long-Term Demographics and Global Power?
How did the Mongols Change China?
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Content: In general, Central Asia and the Middle East became more depopulated. As they also lost their ability to control trade routes after navigation improved to circumvent the Silk Road routes, this created new opportunities for populations from the eastern parts of Central Asia to increasingly move into other regions of Central Asia and the Middle East. Eventually, this led to more influence and the rise of Turkic based dynasties, which had begun already before the Mongols, and the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. In China, the impacts did also lead to new political developments. The Yuan dynasty became a successor Chinese state from a Mongol khanate. However, in China, the invasion may not have been as destructive to the population, as they seemed to recover by the 14th and 15th centuries. Nevertheless, China's experience with the Mongol invasions may have contributed to its isolationist policies that started in the late 15th century. The outside began to look like an uncivilized place, where the Mongol destruction was still relatively fresh on the mind of Chinese rulers, leading to a greater focus away from the rest of the world. This had long-term consequences for China. It led to its economic and eventually political decline in the latter half of the 2nd millennium and leading up to the early 20th century.