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Temujin was a Mongol warlord striving for and gaining power. Through showing of his military and diplomatic prowess, he arose to be one of the greatest military leaders of all time.
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The Mongols were a nomadic people from the steppes of Asia, who were unified for the first time under Temujin.
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Ghengis Khan was able to unite the mongol tribes as one large fighting force.
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Ghengis Kahn dies, splitting the horde into 4.
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Kublai Khan is Genghis Khan's Grandson, who gains control of the Eastern Fourth. He then uses those forces to attack the Song dynasty.
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Batu Kahn was another Grandson that gained control of the Northern Horde. He then attacked Russia and Eastern Europe.
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He was the figurehead of the Mongol Hordes, with only slight power in the other three Khanates.
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Marco Polo was a Venetian Trader that came with his family to China. He is recognized with opening the dorrs for the rest of Europe.
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The Yuan Dynasty was the first foreign-ruled Chinese Empire, founded by Kublai Khan.
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'Nuff Said
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Marco Polo returns to Venice, only to be imprisioned and die after his story is written down.
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The Bubonic Plague spread from Asia to Europe, causing the only catastrophic population drop in recorded history.
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With an uprising, the Yuan Dynasty ends, and the Ming begins.
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A Peasant named Hongwu overthrew the Yuan and took the throne for himself.
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The empire goes into temporary anarchy.
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Hongwu's Grandson comes to power.
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Zheng He was an admiral that escourted large convoys of trading ships, seeing the world as he did so.
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Yonglu dies, he is followed by a series of weak rulers.
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At the Death of Yonglu, he decides to return home.
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The Ming Dynasty, overrun by paranoia, locks all ports and the border to foreigners.
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With the weak rulers the Ming Dynasty starts steadily declining.
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There is a massive crop failure, all but ending the Ming Dynasty.
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The Qing Dynasty is the second Outsider-ruled dynasty.
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The Ming Dynasty finally ends.
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The Manchu sweep in and defeat the Ming, starting the second foreign dynasty.
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Kangxi is the longest living chinese emperor, creating a prosperous time for his subjects.
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Qianlong is Kangxi's Grandson, with the longest time as the de facto ruler.
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Lord Macartney is the European emissary that is sent to try to reopen relations with china, unsuccessfully
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A series of weak rulers leads to the Qing decline.
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The Dynasty finally falls.