11: Central Asia

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Contributed by Eugene Berger et al.
Associate Professor (History) at Georgia Gwinnett College
Sourced from GALILEO Open Learning Materials

11.1: Chronology
11.2: Introduction
11.3: Questions to Guide Your Reading
11.4: Key Terms
11.5: Geography of Central Asia
11.6: Turkic Migrations
11.7: Islam
11.8: The Mongol Era
11.9: The Khanate of Chagatai
11.10: The Khanate of the Ilkhans (1265-1335)
The Ilkhans were a Mongol minority ruling over a Muslim majority; religious problems plagued the Ilkhanate for much of its existence.
11.11: Timur
11.12: Conclusion
11.13: Works Consulted and Further Reading
11.14: Links to Primary Sources

Expansion of the Mongol Empire 1206–1294 superimposed on a modern political map of Eurasia. Image used with permission (CC BY-SA 2.5 Generic; Astrokey44 and Sting via Wikipedia).