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* southwestern portion of the Mongol Empire | * southwestern portion of the Mongol Empire | ||
* the shortest-lived of the four fragmented Khanates, principally due to the larger historical experience of exchange, conquest, and mixing of cultures in the Middle East, as well as its location as central Eurasian/African crossroads. | * the shortest-lived of the four fragmented Khanates, principally due to the larger historical experience of exchange, conquest, and mixing of cultures in the Middle East, as well as its location as central Eurasian/African crossroads. | ||
[[File:Ilkhanate in 1256–1353.PNG|thumb|The Ilkhanate at its greatest extent|alt=The Ilkhanate at its greatest extent]] | [[File:Ilkhanate in 1256–1353.PNG|thumb|The Ilkhanate at its greatest extent|alt=The Ilkhanate at its greatest extent|none|250x250px]] | ||
* at first, Hulagu, and especially his successors, feuded w/ the Golden Horde rulers | |||
* the Ilkhanates resisted adopting Islam and ruled w/ religious tolerance (esp. in Persia) | |||
* the 7th ruler, Ghazan, converted to Islam upon taking the throne in 1298 | |||
* still, he aligned with European Christian Crusaders to fight back the Mamluk (Egyptian Muslim armies) | |||
* upon collapse of the Ilkhanate Khanate, the northern Middle East fell into regional rule, which led to the rise of the Turks. | |||
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