Is this question getting to the published works of Marco Polo, which increased trade between Europe and China? Or something else, I’m a tad confused by the question.
Explain How The Mongol Empire Affected The Economies Of Europe And China?
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One of the Mongol’s greatest achievements was the formation of the Silk Road. They provided a relatively safe route from Eastern Asia to the Middle East, which in-turn went to Europe. If not for the Mongolian Empire, history would have changed forever.
Like the above poster stated, for a merchant, they would have to travel through different kingdoms (some hostile) to get to their destination before Ghengis Khan started his conquest. But with the Mongolian Empire coming to power, the only thing merchants had to worry about were bandits and boredom.
For hundreds of years, merchants traveled across the same roads that the Mongols forged for the Silk Road, bringing untold riches to merchant families as well as technology to European countries (gunpowder for example).
As gunpowder was crafted into weapons of war, Europe had to create bustling economies to pay for the war effort through taxes and import/export. Many kings (Lousi XVI from France) were overthrown because of these rediculous taxes.
Christopher Columbus’s entire excuse to sail West to the Americas was to find a faster trade route to Asia since the Silk Road took so long. The promise of spices from Asia was worth so much that Spain funded C.C’s expedition.
China become THE destination to become rich. It was the California Gold Rush of Asia. Spices, lanterns, technology, silk, it was worth more than gold. Many merchants in China became rich very quickly. Unfortunately, China got the short end of the stick. European imperialism took over many countries in Asia due to the greed that sparked from the Silk Road. Britain and other European powers controlled entire countries for trade.
The effects of the Mongolian Empire on today’s economy lasts to this day and would take me a long time to list. =D
Is this question getting to the published works of Marco Polo, which increased trade between Europe and China? Or something else, I’m a tad confused by the question.