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Jan 1, 1206
Temujin gains title of Chinggis Khan
Chinggis Khan means "universal leader" and Mongol was united under him. -
Period: Jan 1, 1206 to Dec 31, 1227
Reign of chinggis Khan
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Period: Jan 1, 1209 to Dec 31, 1279
Conquest of China
China was the most difficult and extended of the Mongo's conquests. It took seventy years. -
Dec 12, 1209
Beginning of Mongol Conquests
Mongol expanded its territory from the Pacific coast of Asia to Eastern Europe. -
Period: Jan 1, 1219 to Dec 31, 1221
Initial assault on Persia
Mongol's takeover in Persia was more abrupt than the extended process of conquest in China, consisted of only two assualts. -
Period: Jan 1, 1237 to Dec 31, 1240
Conquest of Russia
Mongol armies were brutal, because they were armed with the catapults and battering rams adopted from Chinese or Muslim sources. -
Period: Jan 1, 1241 to Dec 31, 1242
Attacks in Eastern Europe; then withdrawal
Mongol armies destroyed Polish, German and Hugarian forces, but the death of the Greak Khan Ogodei required them to return to Mongol. -
Jan 1, 1258
Mongol in Baghdad
It put an end to the Abbasid caliphate. More than 200, 000 people were massacred. -
Jan 1, 1271
First failed Mongol attack on Japan
A Failure due to a Typhoon -
Period: Jan 1, 1271 to Dec 31, 1294
Khubilai Khan as ruler of China
His policies were based on the values of a benevolent Chinese emperor. He imporved roads, built canals, lowered some taxes and patronized scholars and artists. -
Period: Jan 1, 1280 to Dec 31, 1367
Yuan Dynasty
The Mongols practiced Chinese administrative practices, techniques of taxation, and their poastal system. Also, the name "Yuan" is also Chinese, suggesting a new beginning in Chinese history. -
Jan 1, 1281
Second failed Mongol attacks Japan
A failure due to a typhoon -
Dec 12, 1368
Ming dynasty established
It was an end of Mongol rule in China.
