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The Mongols were divided into separate clans that were led by a khan, The khan rose to power through military skills and their ability to lead. A powerful khan named Temujin began to conquer rivals and united the different Mongol clans.
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Temujin completed the task of uniting the people and took the name of Genghis Khan which meant Universal River. He organized the Mongols into a powerful military and set out to build an empire
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Genghis Khan died after he and the rest of the Mongols conquered Asia and kearned the art of siege warfare and gunpowder during their fight against the Chinese and the Turks. The Mongols controlled much ofnorthern China and Central Asia. Genghis Kahn's sins and grandsons took up the challenge of world conquest.
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When the grandson Batu learned of te Great Khan's death he turned back. Millions of peole had died, cities were annihilated, and most of Eurasia was devastated. India and Western Europe were able to escape the wrath of the Mongols.
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Kublai Khan becomes the Great Khan of the mongol Empire.
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The conquered land is allowed to keep local beliefs, ways of life, and rulers if they paid tribute to the Mongols. The Mongols adopted Islam. There were guarded trade routes where people were able to trade goods and ideas across Asia. The Black Plague may have spread during this time
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The Southern Song dynasty resisted the Mongols. They were defeated and Kublai Khan created the Yuan Dynasty. He adopted Chinese practices and for that reason he gave the dynasty a Chinese name.
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The Yuan Dynasty is weakening
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The Yuan dynasty forces Koryo's rulers to pay immense tributes and enslaved many Koreans and forced men to serve in the military. After the Yuan dynasty weakens, the Koreans rebel. The Yuan dynasty is defeated and a Korean general founded a new dynasty.
