As odd as it sounds this was just as valuable as gold in the songhay empire

Kublai khan honored his mongol heritage by: a)marring only one wife b)praying facing mecca five times a day c)slaughtering ten chinese officials every year d)building a large enclosed hunting ground at shangdu,his summer palace

The byzantine empire weakened after asia minor

Brainles asap!me : -how has religious fundamentalism been used by extremists in the middle east?