What if the Mongol conquests had gone differently?

In two generations the Mongols build the largest contiguous land empire in history.

If it had gone differently: Eurasia is never briefly stitched into one zone; goods, ideas, and the plague all travel far slower between China and Europe.

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Later turning points that leaned on the Mongol conquests. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1000Medieval China's commercial boom. Without it, China's medieval takeoff stalls; paper money, the compass and gunpowder stay isolated curiosities for centuries.
2. 1347The Black Death. Without it, Serfdom and a land-rich, labour-poor order roll on; wages stay flat and the church's authority unshaken.
3. 1450The rise of the Ottoman Empire. Without it, The eastern Mediterranean stays contested and open; no single power can tax or close the road to the East.