The Islamic world experienced a dark period during the 1200s and 1300s. What was the principal cause of the Islamic world’s hardships?

A.
Mongol armies from central Asia repeatedly invaded and conquered parts of the Muslim world.

B.
Muslim nobles subjected most Muslims to a miserable, difficult life of serfdom.

C.
Christians from the Byzantine Empire continually tried to convert them to Christianity.

D.
European Crusaders, attempting to win back Jerusalem, enslaved most of the Muslim world.

Question

The Islamic world experienced a dark period during the 1200s and 1300s. What was the principal cause of the Islamic world’s hardships? 	
	
 
A.
	Mongol armies from central Asia repeatedly invaded and conquered parts of the Muslim world.
	
 
B.
	Muslim nobles subjected most Muslims to a miserable, difficult life of serfdom.
	
 
C.
	Christians from the Byzantine Empire continually tried to convert them to Christianity.
	
 
D.
	European Crusaders, attempting to win back Jerusalem, enslaved most of the Muslim world.

anonymous · Answer

A. The Mongols

The Mongols decimated much of the Islamic world (at least geographically), and they were constantly terrorized by them.

anonymous · Answer

thx!