The Mongols encouraged trade and protected the Silk Road from China to the Middle East. This made it cheaper and easier for caravans to transport goods from China.
No, the Mongols helped expand it.
The Mongols encouraged trade and protected the Silk Road from China to the Middle East. This made it cheaper and easier for caravans to transport goods from China.
the silk road
The Mongols facilitated trade by the use of the silk road
In both areas, Mongol rule at first disrupted economies before facilitating trade on a large scale. After the Mongols conquer a territory, generally, there is an increase in trade in that territory because the Mongols make it easier, safer, and cheaper for merchants to travel, thus boosting the economies of conquered territories. When conquering, the Mongols devastated the economy of Persia more than it devasted the economy of China. In Persia, the Mongols destroyed the Persian irrigation systems, thus causing a great decline in ecnomic productivity. In China, nothing so devastating happened, as the economy of China was already in decline by the time of Mongol expansion.
The mongols incresed foreign trade,especially along the silk roads to western markets.
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providing security.
Building a permanent road
The mongols incresed foreign trade,especially along the silk roads to western markets.
They reopened silk road. They also introduced china to silk and porcelain.