Commerce Ground to a Halt in the Ilkhanate of Persia

question 20

Multiple Choice

Commerce ground to a halt in the ilkhanate of Persia in the 1290s after

• A) the government issued paper money.
• B) the introduction of the bubonic plague.
• C) a devastating Turkish invasion.
• D) the conversion of Ilkhan Ghazan to Nestorian Christianity.
• E) the success of the fifth crusade.

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