Kublai Khan (1215-1294) was the Mongol emperor under whom the Mongol Empire reached its greatest extent, becoming at its height one of the largest the world had ever seen. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan and continued his grandfather’s policy of military expansionism and conquest. Despit...
attack Vienna in 1241 when Ugudei khaan died and the Mongols turned and rode back home: the succession then passed to Ugudei’s son Guyug. By the end of the 13th century the Mongol Empire was the largest land empire in history, stretching at its greatest extent from central Europe to ...
What dynasty represented the greatest extent of the Chinese Empire? What did the Mongol Empire invent? What country did Kublai Khan conquer? What two rivers were in the western part of the Mongol Empire? How far did the Mongol Empire spread?
The Empire of Genghis Khan, the greatest in extent the world has ever seen (it was six thousand miles from east to west and about two thousand at its widest). Before Genghis the Mongols had been obscure horse nomads on the high prairies of Mongolia, southeast of Lake Baikal. Accustomed to...
the size of the Mongol empire under Genghis Khan was larger than the next most successful military leader, Alexander the Great, who dominated less than half of the land the Mongols controlled. Therefore, it is only logical to attribute a large part of the Mongol Empire to their greatest accom...
Genghis Khan (1160 to 1227) founded the Mongol Empire, which covered much of Asia and parts of Europe.
The Mongol empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206. It extended from the Pacific Ocean to the Danube River and the Persian Gulf. At its greatest extent, it covered some 9 million square miles of territory, making it the largest contiguous land empire
Mongolia - Successor States, Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan had already dealt with the problem of succession. Each of his four sons was to hold a vassal kingdom. Jöchi, the eldest, was given the land from the Yenisey River and the Aral Sea westward “as
Öz Beg was a Mongol leader and khan of the Golden Horde, or Kipchak empire, of southern Russia, under whom it attained its greatest power. He reigned from 1312 to 1341. Öz Beg was a convert to Islām, but he also welcomed Christian missionaries fro
Möngke’s brother Kublai (1215–94) became great khan in 1260, and Mongol power reached its zenith during his rule. The Mongols destroyed the Southern Song dynasty and reunified China under the Yuan, or Mongol, dynasty (1206–1368). Dissolution of the Mongol empire Mongol khans relied on...