Mongol Empire 1206 CE - 1370 CE

Mongol Empire founded under new ruler, Genghis Khan

Jan 1, 1206

Spring 1206 (Exact date unknown) - Temüjin unites all nomad of the steppes, become accepted as emperor of all the steppe people and assumes title "Genghis Khan". "Genghis Khan." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. http://academic.eb.com/EBchecked/topic/229093/Genghis-Khan. Image Source: Dschingis Khan und seine Erben (exhibition catalogue), München 2005, p. 304

Military campaign against the Western Xia

Period: Jan 1, 1207 to Dec 31, 1209

1207 - 1209 Mongol military campaign against the tangut state of Western Xia. ends with the ruler of Xia surrendering in 1209, bringing the Western Xia under Genghis Khan's rule. "China." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111803/China.

Military campaign against the Jin

Period: Jan 1, 1211 to Dec 31, 1215

1211 - 1215 First invasion of the Jin by the Mongol army. Ends with the capture of the central capital of Jin. "China." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111803/China.

Battle of Zhongdu

Jan 1, 1215

1215 (exact date unknown) - Mongol armies capture Zhongdu, the central capital of the Jin. "China." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. <http://www.britannica.com/EBche Image Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Division orientale. Supplément persan 1113, fol. 65v

Second Military campaign against the Western Xia

Period: Jan 1, 1226 to Dec 31, 1227

1226 - 1227 Last military campaign Genghis Khan leads "China." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111803/China.

Death of Genghis Khan

Aug 18, 1227

August 18, 1227 - Death of Genghis Khan. Map shows size of Mongol Empire on his death. "Genghis Khan." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. http://academic.eb.com/EBchecked/topic/229093/Genghis-Khan. Image Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Genghis_khan_empire_at_his_death.png

Ögödei Elected as new Great Khan

Dec 31, 1229

1229 (exact date unknown) Ögödei succeeds Genghis Khan as Great Khan. "Ögödei." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. http://academic.eb.com/EBchecked/topic/425871/Ogodei. Image Source: Dschingis Khan und seine Erben (exhibition catalogue), München 2005, p. 304

Second Military campaign against the Jin

Period: Jan 1, 1230 to Dec 31, 1234

1230 - 1234 Resumption of the military campaign against the Jin. Resistance by Jin ends on 1234 on the capture of Caizhou when the emperor of Jin, Aizong committed suicide. "China." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111803/China.

Seige of Bianjing

Period: Apr 8, 1232 to Feb 26, 1233

April 8, 1232 - February 26, 1233
Mongols siege the capital of Jin, Bianjing. The city is captured. "China." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111803/China.

Military campaign against the Song

Period: Jan 1, 1250 to Mar 1, 1279

1250 - March 1279 (exact date unknown)
Möngke and his brother Kublai Khan—grandsons of Genghis Khan began invasion against the Song empire. Resistance of Song ended when last surviving imperial prince of Song commited suicide on March 1279. This conquest unified China under the Mongol, or Yuan dynasty. "China." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.,

Death of Möngke

Nov 24, 1259

1259 - Death of the grand khan Möngke while attacking Song fortress in Sichuan. Succeeded by his brother Kublai Khan. Map shows size of Mongol Empire under Möngke's rule. Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MongolEmpire.jpg

Mongol dynasty renamed to Yuan dynasty

Jan 1, 1271

1271 (exact date unknown) Mongol dynasty renamed to Yuan dynasty. Map: Yuan Dynasty's empire after the conquest of Song dynasty on 1279. "Yuan dynasty." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014. http://academic.eb.com/EBchecked/topic/654422/Yuan-dynasty. Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire#mediaviewer/File:Mongol_Empire_map.gif

Yuan Dynasty overthrown by the Ming dynasty

Jan 1, 1368

1368 (Exact date unknown) Rebel armies take the Yuan dynasty's capital, Dadu (Modern day Beijing) Ming dynasty is established. Last Yuan ruler Togon-temür fled. "China." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.,