The Pax Mongolica

question 46

Multiple Choice

The Pax Mongolica

• A) lasted for about two hundred years.
• B) brought destruction to China and Mongolia.
• C) created new opportunities for merchants and traders.
• D) was ruled by the Great Khan from Baghdad.
• E) lasted only until the death of the first Great Khan.

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