Crossing paths between east and west: the use of counterfactual thinking for the concept of "entangled histories"

摘要: ?Was w?re gewesen, wenn die Mongolen nicht gekommen w?ren? Vom Nutzen des Kontrafaktischen f?r das Konzept der ? Verflechtungsge schichten "?. This paper claims that historians need to address the contingency factor in history, and counterfactual thinking can be a useful method of cross-checks allowing for deeper understanding causal non-causal connections. However, needs become incorporated into existing methodological approaches modern historiography order any use. The therefore suggests integrating concept "entangled histories" by Shalini Randeria, which is illus trated case study on late Middle Ages. complex interactions interdependencies between Mongolian Empire Latin West, more specifically leaders Dominican monks thirteenth century are described as history entanglement. But what extent ways historical phenomena, we looking at, en tangled? Here, three scenarios may help cross-check po tential limits