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Nov 18, 1126
Song dynasty flees to south China
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Nov 18, 1206
Temujin takes the name of Chinggis Khan; Mongol state is founded
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Nov 18, 1215
First Mongol attacks on north China, Beijing captured
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Period: Nov 18, 1219 to Nov 18, 1223
First Mongol invasions of Russia and the Islamic world
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Nov 18, 1227
Death of Chinggis Khan; Ogedei named successor
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Nov 18, 1234
Mongols take all of north China; end of Qin dynasty
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Period: Nov 18, 1235 to Nov 18, 1279
Mongol conquest of south China; end of southern Song dynasty
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Nov 18, 1236
Mongol conquest of Russia
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Nov 18, 1240
Mongol invasion of western Europe
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Nov 18, 1253
Mongol victory over Seljuk Turks; rise of Ottoman Turks in Middle East
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Nov 18, 1258
Mongol destruction of Baghdad
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Nov 18, 1260
Mamluk (slave) rulers of Egypt defeat Mongols at Ain Jalut; end of drive west
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Period: Nov 18, 1260 to Nov 18, 1294
Reign of Kubilai Khan in China
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Period: Nov 18, 1271 to Nov 18, 1368
Reign of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty in China
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Period: Nov 18, 1274 to Nov 18, 1280
Failed Mongol invasions of Japan
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Nov 18, 1290
First true guns used in China
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Nov 18, 1450
Spread of Black Death in Eurasia
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Period: to Nov 18, 1118
Khitan conquest of North China