Catholic missionaries in the Mongol empire (13th–14th centuries)
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Pluvials, droughts, the Mongol Empire, and modern Mongolia.
Although many studies have associated the demise of complex societies with deteriorating climate, few have investigated the connection between an ameliorating environment, surplus resources, energy, and the rise of empires. The 13th-century Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in world history. Although drought has been proposed as one factor that spurred these conquests, no hig...
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عنوان ژورنال: The World of the Orient
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1608-0599,1682-5268
DOI: 10.15407/orientw2013.02.074