What Factor May Have Pushed the Mongols on to the Path

question 48

Multiple Choice

What factor may have pushed the Mongols on to the path of aggressive expansion in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?

• A) A change in climate that reduced the amount of grassland available for grazing
• B) An invasion by the Chinese that robbed the Mongols of their homeland
• C) Conversion to Islam, as a result of which the Mongols desired to repay the Europeans for the crusades
• D) The desire to take over the wealth of western Europe

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