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Mongol Khan the clan leader named Temujin sought to unify the clans under his leadership.
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Temujin accepted the title Genghis Khan or Universal ruler of the Mongol Clans.
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After invading the Northern Jin empire in 1215 his attention turned to the islamic region west of Mongolia.
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By 1221 Central Asia was under Mongol control.
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Genghis Khan died in 1227 not from violence but from illness.
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Genghis Son Ogadai conquered northern China.
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After the death of his father Ogadai his son became the Great Khan.But Ogadai died in 1241
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Kublai khan a grandson of Genhis Khan named himself the Great Khan in 1260.
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Great Khan sent huge fleets against Japan.
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Marco Polo with his father and Uncle traveled by Caravan on the silk roads arriving at Kublai Khans court.
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The Armies of Kublai Khan overwhelmed them in 1279.
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2 years before Kublai died the Polos left China and made the long journey back to Venice.
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kublai Khan dies.
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The Mongols imposed stability and law and order across much of Eurasia. This period is somethimes called the Mongol peace.
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Rebellions broke out in many parts of China.
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Bubonic plague that devastated Europe during the mid 1300,s it was first spread by the Mongols.
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The government of gthe Ilkhanate in Persia fell apart.
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Kublai Khan founded a new dynasty called the Yuan dynasty. It lasted than a Century until 1368 when it was overthrown.
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Chinese rebels finally overthrew the Mongols and Seized power.
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Thge Chagatai Khans ruled Central Asia until 1370.
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Ivan the 3 finally asserted Russias independence from the Mongols.