Chapter 12 Reading

During the fifteenth century, there were hundreds of different types of civilizations. Most of the world's population was concentrated in Eurasia. During the Mongol crusade, China went through a massive population lost but still contained much of the world's population. However, despite the massive impact the Mongols made, China went through a huge cultural and religion change after the time of the Mongols. China became the biggest and most prosperous empire's due to their economic boom and population increase.
In the western side, things were not going too well. Although the Mongols had left Europe, the black plague had scoured across the continent killing much of the population. One thing that Europe did differently than China was that Europe decided to rebuild in different small states which lead to competitiveness and eventually war. China was able to rebuild their lifestyle in an organized, single mattered way.