The two factors that forced the Mongols to withdraw from Southeast Asia were disease and weather. The Mongols had conquered enourmous expanses of land in a great variety of territories. However, Southeast Asia proved very challenging because of its weather. The Mongols were not used to fighting in such wet and hot weather. Moreover, tropical diseases were abundant, and this proved to be very challenging for the Mongol army.
It was a good one in fact, They were good allies in WWII despite one being capitalist (USA) and the other communist (USSR). Their relationships weakened after WWII.
It held a virtual monopoly on trade between Europe and Asia as it controlled many of the trade routes. ... It gained control of most land routes to East Asia.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove Russian missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise from the United States to respect Cuba's territorial sovereignty.
