Following Its Conquest of Rus, How Did the Mongol Empire

question 18

Multiple Choice

Following its conquest of Rus, how did the Mongol Empire rule that vast territory?

• A) By annihilating most of the Rus aristocracy
• B) By leaving most of the old institutions in place
• C) By launching a full assault on the Rus church
• D) By sending in proxy rulers from China, which was under Mongol control

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