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Differences And Similarities Between The Mongol Empire And Arabian Empires

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Mongol empire and Arabian empires
Mongol and Arabs also had to realize the existence of several Islam empires, The largest being the Umayyad and Abbasid Dynasties. The Eurasia and Africa regions which became Islamic were known as the Dar Al Islam which refered to the the House of Islam. The Dar Al Islam had a large coverage at parts of Spain , Northern Africa, and the Middle East. Apart from Spain, Western Europe was not largely affected like the other regions. The Mongol Empire whose ruler was Ghengis Khan was the largest the world has ever known, it occupied China, the Middle East, and very large portions of Russia to the edge of Western Europe. Its progressive spread was only stopped by the death of Ogedai Khan. In both empires trade was highly protected , though in the Islamic Empire, most of the trading was with Islamic Merchants. The Mongols were percieive of the religion, and took no interest or stand in regard to religious practice. Islamic kingdoms protected the Christians and Jews, but they were always forced to pay taxes.Islam did not tolerate any other religion that ever was in that …show more content…

There existed many similarities and differences between the Mongol states and those that existed before their quick and successful invasion of the region. Geographically Baghdad was the center of the Islamic empire for a period of 5 years, and the Ilkhanids capital was Azerbaijan. Inspite these differences, the Mongols,majorly the Ilkhanids, had many similarities with those who inhabited the region before them. For instance, under Hulegu’s rule, there was a time of great intellectual expansion; educated men from many different regions were incorporated into the Ilkhanid court where they exchanged knowledge with the Muslim

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