Question

What happened after the Mongols invaded Persia in the 1200s?

The Mongols captured Baghdad and destroyed it.
The Mongols adopted a number of Persian customs.
The Mongols made peasants work for the government in Persia.
The Mongols began Islam’s “Golden Age.”

Answer 1

Correct answers: 1 and 2.

- 1 is true: In 1258 Hulagu Khan’s Mongol forces captured and sacked Baghdad, destroying the city, killing the Abbasid caliph, and ending the caliphate’s political power.
- 2 is true: Over time Mongol rulers in Persia (the Ilkhanate) adopted many Persian administrative practices, customs, art styles, and eventually conversion to Islam.

Notes on the others:
- 3 is misleading: the Mongols imposed heavy taxes, requisitions and forced labor for military and state projects, but it’s an oversimplification to say simply “made peasants work for the government” as a unique or primary outcome.
- 4 is false: the Mongol sack of Baghdad is usually seen as a blow to the high point of Islamic civilization, not the start of a new “Golden Age.”