Use the following image to answer the next two questions CHINESE SCROLL PAINTINO CIRCA 1200 COMMISSIONED BY KHUBILAI KHAN OF THE
MONGOL YUAN DYNASTY OF CHINA
China: Khubilai
China: Khubilai Khan hunting on horseback (1280). / Pictures from History / Bridgeman Images
49) The establishment of the Mongol Empire directly facilitated which of the following?
a) Increased cultural and technological exchange between the Islamic world and China
b) The development of Mongolian as the primary written language of administration across
most of Eurasia
c) The spread of Persian culture into Central Asia
d) Improved ship designs and navigation techniques for oceanic commerce
50) The inclusion of the caravan in the painting's background could best be used as evidence that
Yuan rulers
a) favored some commercial trading organizations over others
b) portrayed themselves as promoters of commerce
c) shifted the trade in luxury goods from overland to the maritime trade routes
d) restricted trade between nomadic and sedentary societies