Answer:
a. Khanates
Explanation:
The empire began to be divided by disputes by the succession, since the grandsons of Genghis Khan disputed if the real line should follow his son and the initial heir Ögedei or another one of his children. A key reason for the division was the dispute over whether the Mongol Empire would become a sedentary empire or would remain nomadic in its origins.
At the time of the death of Kublai (Grandson of Genghis Khan) in 1294, the Mongol Empire had fractured into four khanates, each with separate interests and objectives:
1) The Golden Horde khanate in the northwest.
2) The Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia.
3) The ilkhanate in the southwest.
4) The Yuan dynasty in the east based in the current Beijing.
