The Yuan dynasty in China lasted from 1279 to 1368 ... preferred to use Chinese in his bureaucracy and established separate rules for the Mongols and for the Chinese. His capital, present-day Beijing, ...

The Liao dynasty (907–1125) of China and its successor, the Western Liao (1124–1211), were founded by the Khitan, a proto-Mongol people who were originally nomadic pastoralists residing in modern ...

Seaborne commerce on a large scale in Asia dates to the Song Dynasty of China (A.D. 960-1270). The Mongols in the succeeding Yuan Dynasty (ca. 1271-1368) went on to build even more ships on a ...

Peerless hero Genghis Khan (Temujin, 1162-1227) was born of the Mongol tribes. An outstanding strategist and statesman, he was known as Emperor Tai Zu, founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

Genghis Khan's children were as powerful as their father. They ruled the Mongol Empire in various capacities. Discover who ...

said the armada was likely composed of ships that were newly built for the invasion and trading ships that the Mongol Empire took from the Nansong Dynasty when it conquered China. Ikeda hopes the ...

A third map juxtaposes the Mongol kingdom's holdings with those ... today's Mongolia and Russian Siberia were both territories of China in the Tang Dynasty with its capital in Xi'an, another ...

They conquered China and founded the Qing dynasty. They spoke Manchu ... although there are also great Tibetan cities. Mongol Mongolia Mongolian They are mostly Buddhist and often nomadic.

China and other regions between 1271 and 1368, shrine officials said in December. The dynasty was established by Kublai Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan, who founded the Mongol Empire. Kublai ...

In the early 13th century, the situation in China changed abruptly. The Mongols conquered the Jin dynasty of China and expanded their influence into the Korean Peninsula. They invaded Goryeo seven ...

On one of Marco Polo's journeys, he encountered a ruler who would remain etched in his memory for life. This leader wasn't just a warrior but a statesman, a visionary, and an empire builder.