The Pax Mongolica declined during the 14th century as cooperation among the Mongol khanates weakened. Dynastic rivalries, regional rebellions, economic disruption, and the devastating effects of the Black Death undermined imperial authority, while successor states pursued increasingly independent interests and overland trade became less secure. These changes gradually brought the period of relative stability to an end.
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