The Christian Armenians, including both Greater Armenia and Lesser Armenia, entered into agreements with the Mongol Empire (primarily the Ilkhanate) from the 1240s to around 1320. Some historians refer to this relationship as an alliance, while others refer to it as vassalage, where Armenia was a tributary of the Mongols. During the time period of the later Crusades, the...
Also known as:
- Armeno-Mongol alliance