The Rebellion of the Mongol Leader Timur the Lame Created

question 11

Multiple Choice

The rebellion of the Mongol leader Timur the Lame created a power vacuum that allowed:

• A) the Byzantine emperor to reclaim territory lost to the Mongol the previous century.
• B) the Muscovite grand duke, Ivan III, to launch a series of conquests to forward his imperial agenda.
• C) Poland-Lithuania to begin its expansion eastward.
• D) the Khanate of the Golden Horde to reclaim its territory surrounding Moscow.
• E) the Holy Roman Empire to expand eastward to encompass the lands of the orthodox church.