Ilkhanate
Persian Mongol state
The Ilkhanate was a Mongol khanate established in Persia and surrounding regions in the 13th century, one of the successor states of the Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan's conquests.
Its rulers, called Ilkhans, governed territory spanning modern Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and parts of Turkey until the mid-14th century.
The Ilkhanate facilitated trade along the Silk Road.
Iraqi seat of government
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- sackRough fabric bag
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
Merv · submission · devastation · depopulation · fall · surrender · execution
Medieval Asian continental dominion
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- nomadsUnsettled, roving people
Kublai Khan · shamanism · ordo
Historic transcontinental trade network
- caravanseraiTraveler's courtyard lodge
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- trade routesPaths for exchanging goods
- commerceExchange of goods, services
bazaars · Marco Polo · exchange · textiles · porcelain · spices · diplomacy · envoys
Former Persian capital
- ShirazIranian cultural center
- vizierMuslim government's chief minister
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
- miniature paintingSmall detailed painted artwork
Following in order
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- vizierMuslim government's chief minister
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
conversion · Buddhism · Islam · Christianity · dissolution · fragmentation
Baghdad
Iraqi seat of government
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- sackRough fabric bag
Merv · massacre · submission · devastation · depopulation · fall · surrender · execution
Mongol Empire
Medieval Asian continental dominion
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
Kublai Khan · nomads · shamanism · ordo
Silk Road
Historic transcontinental trade network
- caravanseraiTraveler's courtyard lodge
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- trade routesPaths for exchanging goods
commerce · bazaars · Marco Polo · exchange · textiles · porcelain · spices · diplomacy · envoys · Genoese
Isfahan
Former Persian capital
- ShirazIranian cultural center
- vizierMuslim government's chief minister
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
succession
Following in order
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- vizierMuslim government's chief minister
administration · conversion · Buddhism · Islam · Christianity · dissolution · fragmentation
Mamluks
Slave soldiers turned sovereigns
- LevantEastern Mediterranean coastal region
- crusadersPassionate advocates for change
- allianceFormal union of parties
Syria · Anatolia · civil war · cavalry · siege warfare · military campaigns · Homs · Damascus
- Islamic EmpiresAbbasids, Ottoman Empire, Umayyad Caliphate, Mughal Empire, Mughals
- Mongol EmpireGenghis Khan, Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan, Mongols, khan
- Steppe HistoryGenghis Khan, Mongol Empire, nomadic tribes, nomads, nomadic culture
- Steppe PeoplesMongols, Huns, Turks, Scythians, Tatars
- Islamic DynastiesAbbasids, Ottoman, Mughals, Mughal, Seljuk
- Mongol PersiaMongol invasion, Mongol invasions
IlkhanateMamluk Sultanate
Former Egyptian slave-warrior regime