WORLS HISTORY

Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, assumed the title Great Khan in 1260.

As China’s new emperor, Kublai Khan founded a new dynasty called the Yuan Dynasty.

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the burning of “black stones” (coal) in Chinese homes. (Coal as a fuel was little known in Europe.)

A NEW DYNASTY FORMED BY A REBEL LEADER.

The Chagatai khans ruled Central Asia until the 1370s.

The Golden Horde ruled Russia for 250 years.

Ivan III finally led Russia to independence from Mongol rule in 1480.

the Japanese had embraced the influence of an outside culture—China.

descendants of Genghis ruled Central Asia, Persia, and Russia as semi-independent states.

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His armies and navies suffered many humiliating defeats at a huge expense of lives and equipment.

Kublai Khan died in 1294. After his death, the Yuan Dynasty began to fade.

The government of the Ilkhanate in Persia fell apart in the 1330s.