An Environmental Explanation for the Mongol Conquests That Has Been

question 17

Multiple Choice

An environmental explanation for the Mongol conquests that has been put forth is that

• A) temperatures rose and increased the desert areas and that pushed the Mongols south and west.
• B) temperatures fell and declining pastureland caused a need for expansion.
• C) high rainfall in the Mongol homeland led to flooding and the destruction of Mongol agriculture.
• D) a series of earthquakes destroyed Mongol communities and led to their dispersal.

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