SECTION 3

KUBLAI KHAN

• Grandson of Genghis Khan
• Assumed title of Great Khan in 1260

MONGOL EMPIRE

• Successful empire covering a huge part of Europe at one point
• Many successful emperors
• Dissolved in 1368

KHANATE

• A political entity
• Either a Khan or Khagan

YUAN

• Founded by Kublai Khan in 1368
• Overthrown in leases then a century
• United China

ANOTHER BENEFIT FROM YUAN

• Allowed more trade with foreigners
• Chinese culture spread

KUBLAIS CHANGES

• He abandoned the Mongolian steppes
• Enjoyed living a luxurious life
• Built a square wall near Beijing

KHAN

• Conquered China
• Failed to conquer Japan twice in 1274 and 1281
• Forced Korea to build and sail boats nearly destroying them

• Typhoon swept across the Sea of Japan destroying Mongol Navy
• Told to try using horses

• Mongol rulers had little in common with China's subjects
• Kept China out of government offices

• Kublai restored the grand canal and extended it to Beijing
• Built a 1,100 mile paved highway
• From Hangzhu to Beijing

• Invited foreign merchants to China
• Marco Polo was a merchant who traveled in a caravan
• Traveled on Silk Roads

• Polo learned several languages
• In 1292 Polo left China to Venice
• Later captured and jailed during a war

POLO

• Polo had spoke greatly about China
• Mentioned them burning black stones which were coal
• Recorded practical workings of the Khans

• Khan died in1294
• After Khans death theYuan Dynasty began to fade
• Chin had split in 1300's
• Entire Mongol Empire faded