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Which statement correctly defines principalities in northern Asia in the 1200s?

Principalities were independent areas of the Mongol Empire.
Principalities were territories just outside of the Mongol Empire.
Principalities were small territories that were run by Chinese rulers.
Principalities were small territories that were run by Russian rulers.

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Principalities were small territories that were run by Russian rulers.

(They refer to the Rus' principalities—e.g., Novgorod, Vladimir-Suzdal—ruled by princes; later many became vassals of the Mongol Golden Horde after the 13th-century invasions.)