What were the reasons/events that kept the Mongols from conquering Europe, Syria and Egypt, India, and Japan?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Reasons/events that kept Mongol advance at bay
1. Egypt
a. Mamluks perceived the Mongols as a greater threat and turned to
face them
b. turned back the Mongol armies at one of the decisive battles of
the world at Ain Jalut in Syria
c. gave the Mamluk commander, Baybars, the chance to take over
Egypt and Syria
d. first serious reversal the Mongols had experienced since
Genghis Khan united them
e. combination with the effects of the internal politics of the
Mongol world
f. inhibited armies from getting too far from the centers of power
g. Mamluk victory kept the Mongols out of Africa
2. India
a. Iltutmish the Sultanate of Delhi
b. declared himself independent
c. constructed a state from the Indus River to the Bay of Bengal
d. effects of the Mongol conquests on Central Asia protected this
new realm
e. Mongols effectively eliminated any possible invaders and drove
many refugees to take service with Iltutmish
f. Mongol menace overshadowed the sultanate
1. internal politics of the dynasty of Genghis Khan caused
dissensions and hesitancies that protected Delhi
2. Mongol dynastic disputes cut short periodic invasions
3. a buffer state that dissident Mongols created in Delhi's
western territories diminished the sultanate but also
absorbed most of the khans' attacks
4. subsequent Mongol attacks failed, faltered, or driven off
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