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MONGOL CONQUEROR who UNITED THE MONGOL TRIBES and set up an empire stretching from China to the Danube River and into Persia.
Genghis Khan (gin-gis kan)
MONGOL EMPEROR (1260-1294) and FOUNDER of the YUAN DYNASTY in China. A grandson of Genghis Khan, he conquered the Song dynasty (1279) and established a great capital, Peking, in China.
Kublai Khan (ku-bla kan)
Venetian traveler who EXPLORED ASIA from 1271 to 1295. His "Travels of Marco Polo" was the only account of the Far East available to Europeans until the 17th century.
Marco Polo
"MONGOLIAN PEACE"; time during the YUAN DYNASTY when there was peace, and trade flourished throughout Asia.
Pax Mongolia (pax mon-go-lia)
Wide grassy SEMI-ARID (dry) PLAINS found in CENTRAL EURASIA.
steppe (step)
A Chinese dynasty (1279-1368) ESTABLISHED BY the Mongolian ruler KUBLAI KHAN at Peking (Beijing).
Yuan Dynasty (yu-an)
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