world history p1

1. Mongol Empire
Andrew Maryanski

2. Genghis Khan
• Ruthless warrior
• Powerful leader
• Ruled from 1206-1227

3. Genghis’ Life
• His tough life made him into a warrior
• His Mother was kidnapped
• Changed his name to Genghis Khan instead of
the traditional tribe name

4. Jin dynasty
• Genghis took over north china around 1210
• Pushed farther down into western Asia
• Also raided most of eastern Persia

5. End of Genghis’ Empire
• Genghis died in 1227
• Split the land for his 3 sons
• Empire crumbled under the sons

6. After Genghis’ death
• The sons invaded Poland and Hungary
• Plundered and destroyed Polish cities
• Fought against the Templars in Hungary

7. Mongke Khan
• Took over China once again
• Took very long
• Died during the conquering in 1259

8. Battle of Ain Jalut
• Battle at the southeastern sea of Galilee
• Mongols vs. Muslims
• They won the battle but weren’t able to travel
into Eygpt

9. Kublai Khan
• Grandson of Genghis Khan
• Tried to move the capital of Mongolia into
Chinese territory
• Conquered and destroyed cities

10. Ariqboke Khan
• Brother of Kublia
• Tried to steal his power
• Wasn’t loyal to the Family

11. Civil War
• Fought between Kublai and Ariqboke
• Kublai's army easily defeated Ariqboke’s
• Ariqboke’s army rallied to take back the capital
in 1259

12. Campaigns under Kublai
• He wanted conquer all of China
• He conquered China and was the first non
Chinese to rule China
• Moved his empire to modern day Beijing

13. Marco Polo
• European explorer
• Traveled to Mongolia to observe Asia
• Was called a man of lies after explaining all
that he saw in Asia

14. Polo’s gatherings
• He came back to Europe with many goods
• He came back with things never seen
• He brought back the magic black rock (coal)

15. Polo
• He died in 1323
• He was severely ill
• He was asked if there was more that he had
seen in Asia and he said he didn’t even start
saying how much there was