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Mongols Build an Empire

Vincent Hiller

Created on November 6, 2025

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Mongols Build an Empire

In the early 1200s, a new wave of invaders swept into China from the north and overran Song lands. The invaders were the Mongols, who had burst out of Central Asia to conquer a vast empire across Asia and Europe.

Mongols Build an Empire

Mongol archers on horseback, as shown in this Ming illustration, were tough warriors who could swiftly shoot arrows at enemies from all sides.

Mongols Build an Empire

Analyze Maps At its height, the Mongol empire was the world’s largest up to that time. Describe the growth of the empire between 1227 and 1294. Did Genghis Khan or his successors conquer the most land?

Mongols Rule China

Although Genghis Khan had subdued northern China, the Mongols needed nearly 70 more years to conquer the south. Genghis Khan’s grandson, Kublai Khan (KOO bly KAHN), finally toppled the last Song emperor in 1279. From his capital at Khanbaliq, present-day Beijing, Kublai Khan ruled all of China as well as Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam.

Mongols Rule China

Kublai Khan, the emperor of China, is portrayed as he was in the 1260s, an alert, vigorous, simply attired man. He wears the symbolic white robes of a Mongol shaman.