decline of mongols in persia and china

Question 1

how did the ilkhanate collapse

Answer 1

• excessive spending strains the treasury and over exploited the peasants
• then the last mongol leader died without a heir

Question 2

how did the ilkhan try to resolve their problems

Answer 2

introducing paper money (flying money)

-but none used it

Question 3

how did the yuan dynasty decline

Answer 3

• used paper money but didn’t have enough bullion to back it up
• as the y declined, there were power struggles, imperial assassinations, civil war
• bubonic plague

Question 4

bubonic plague

Answer 4

• in SW china spreading through china and central asia
• labor shortage
• rebellious subject (because they were aloof)

Question 5

which khanates survived

Answer 5

• khanate of Chaghatai

- khanate of the Golden Horde