The Mongol Empire, from Genghis Khan to the Yuan's Fall · HistoryView
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The Mongol Empire, from Genghis Khan to the Yuan's Fall
How Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes, how his successors built the largest contiguous empire in history, and how it split into four states before the Yuan dynasty fell in 1368.
ATby Aiko Tanaka · 4 tracks · 16 events
11621162 – 1368
Genghis KhanConquests AbroadSuccession and Fragmentation
1162
1178
Temüjin defeated rivals including Jamukha and Toghrul and, by 1204, ruled the Mongolian steppe alone.
28 years · AI-written context
1206
1211
1219
1227
1229
1237
1241
1241
1251
1258 – 1260
Baghdad falls, Mongols checked, empire splits
1271
Kublai's dynasty finished conquering the Song in 1279, then weakened through succession problems and internal strife after his death in 1294.
97 years · AI-written context
1368
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