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A powerful Khan began to conquer his rivals. A khan is another word for chief. He had very good military skills and was good leader. This reunited the Mongol clans. This Khans name was Temujin.
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The Mongol dynasty was created. They were the largest land empire ever. Part of the area they conquered was China. The Mongol people were known for being very tough and very fierce warriors.
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Temujin took the title Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan means “universal ruler.” All the mongols came together and he was their ruler. He organized the Mongols into having a very strong military.
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Genghis Khan had been leading the Mongols to conquer most of Asia. During some of their fights they learned the arts of siege warfare, and the use of gunpowder. Seige warfare is when a army surrounds a city attempting to capture it.
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Genghis Khan died. At this time they controlled most of northern China ands Central Asia. On his death bed he told his sons that the task was left to them. His sons and Grandsons accepted the challenge. They divided the empire into four regions
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The Great Khan began his conquer on this date. The Mongols rules the north of China while the Song dynasty ruled the south of China. The song resisted the invasion of the Mongols.
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The Golden Horde took tje task of conquering Russia. The Golden Horde is an empire. This happened under the rule of Batu.
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Kublai Khan Becomes Great Khan. He was determined to completely conquer China.
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The Sond dynasty was defeated. Kublain Khan created the Yan Dynasty. He also started calling himself emperor.
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Kublai Khan conquered China. He was a Mongol Leader. He founded the Yuan Dynasty.
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After Kublai Khan died several poxer struggles happened. His successor lacked the talent to lead the empire.
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Kublai Khan died, The Yuan dynasty weakend. This made China perfect for rebellion. This created a chance for a new dynasty to be formed, it was called the Ming Dynasty.
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Marco Polo and his father returned from Venice. After being home for a while he was captured and imprisoned. While there he told a prisoner that was with him all about his adventures. The prisoner wrote them down, and published it as a book.
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The black death wiped out a lot of Europe during this time. It spread from Asia to the middle east and Europe. The black death is a epidemic of bubonic plague that killed many people.
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Many people rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty.
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A kamikaze were storms that had saved them.
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A rebel army defeated the Mongols. The Mongols fled, ending the foreign rule in China.
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A peasant and his rebell army conquered the last Mongol emperor. This peasants name was Zhu Yuanzhang. He took the name Hongwu, and founded the Ming dynasty.
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Hongwu died, and his son Yonglo became emperor.
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The Forbidden City was built. It was built for Chinas Ming empire, his family, court, and servants.
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Most of the Grat wall was built during the Ming dynasty.
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Yonglo was the emperor from 1402- 1424. He moved the capital of the empire to Beijing. In the center of Beijing he built a huge city. It became known as the forbidden city.
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Zheng He led seven voyages around the Indian Ocean. He fled with up to 300 ships to show power. These ships were trading ships and treasure ships.
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A new emperor stopped the voyages because it is so expensive.
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Christian Missionaries Come.
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Isolationed gained full force.
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New crops came to China suck as corn, and sweet potatoes. Then the population grew.
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The Ming dynasty begins to decline. Weak rulers took the throne.
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Matteo Ricci arrived.He learned the language and adopted to the cultures.
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High taxes and many crop failures caused a rebellion to break out.
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The Ming Dynasty Had been going on for 300 years. China rulers gained control of Korea, Mongolia, and small parts of Central and Southeast Asia.
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The Manchu come to Beijing. They took over the capital. The last emperor alive commited suicide.
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The Quing Dynasty was created, it ruled from 1644-1911. Under this dynasty China became prosperous. It also expanded to the largest empire.
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Kangxi ruled from 1661-1772. He reduced the taxes on the peasants. Also he expanded the empire into parts of Central Asia. He supported the arts and loved to entertain.
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Qianlong ruled from 1736-1796. He expanded the empire to the largest. The population grew a lot because of very good crops.
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The population grew up to more then 300 million people by this date in the Qing dynasty.
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Lord George Macartney came to China.He wanted to talk to them about trade. WHat he brought was amazing for them. The Chinese wanted him to bow in front of the emperor and he said he wouldnt, so they sent him away.
