Is there no cultural legacy of the Mongol Empire in the Western world?

by 1337_n00b

Has no dish/word/custom survived that would be part of (for instance) my life in Denmark? I tried googling it quickly, and the only thing I found was one source claiming that the word "bazaar" is of Mongolian origin. It seems weird if there's nothing else, given my language has many words from Arabic, Latin, Greek and so forth and probably a slew of other things as well.

I hope you can help!

JimeDorje

Does your country have compasses, printing presses, and gunpowder? Because they came to Europe while the Mongols were in power over the silk route.

orthoxerox

Mongol states closest to Europe adopted local languages (Cuman for the Golden Horde, Persian for Ilkhanate) and abandoned Mongolian. So "bazaar" is a Persian word and "horde" is Turkic (cf. yurt).

Russian language has several Turkic words that have been adopted during the years of Mongol overlordship, such as the words for money (деньги), border customs (таможня), postal service (ям, no longer used), treasury (казна), label (ярлык, originally a khan's executive order).

Source: Vasmer's etymological dictionary.