Asian Empires By lukow41 300 . Yamato dynasty begins in Japan Nov 13, 1185 Kamakura shogunate gains control of Japan Nov 13, 1192 Tokugawa shogunate gains control of Japan Nov 13, 1229 Death of Genghis Khan Nov 13, 1271 Italian merchant Marco Polo leaves Venice w/father and travels to China. Nov 13, 1274 Japanese defeat Mongols in Japan with the help of a typhoon Nov 13, 1368 Ming dynasty begins in China Nov 13, 1368 Chinese admiral Zheng He begins his first overseas voyage. Nov 13, 1392 Choson dynasty begins in Korea Mar 2, 2022 Song Dysanty begins in China Mar 2, 2022 Tang dynasty begins in China Mar 2, 2022 Heian period begins in Japan.