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Present-Day Legacies

  1. The Mongols facilitated trade. They protected overland routes and ports linking the civilizations of Europe and Asia. Inventions as diverse as the folding fan and gunpowder traveled from Asia to Europe.

  2. Mongols brought trusted advisors and craftsman with them to newly conquered lands. A transfer of basic knowledge such as astronomy, math, and science were the results of these cross cultural exchanges between peoples of Eurasia.

  3. Large Muslim and Jewish trade communities encouraged trade between local markets and across larger regions of Asia.

  4. Genghis Khanıs army has served as a source of military strategy and an organizational model for later military commanders.

  5. The century of communication stimulated exploration in search of new trade routes once Mongol rule ended.


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