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The city that was conquered four years after Khanbaliq (modern-day Beijing) was Hangzhou. After the Mongols captured Khanbaliq in 1260, they took Hangzhou in 1264 during their campaign to unify China under the Yuan dynasty. Hangzhou served as the southern capital of the Yuan dynasty and was an important cultural and economic center.
approximately 162 years
Genghis Khan died in 1227- not from violence, but from illness. His successors continued to expand his empire. In less than 50 years, the Mongols conquered territory from China to Poland. In so doing, they created the largest unified land empire in history.
Genghis Khan died in 1227- not from violence, but from illness. His successors continued to expand his empire. In less than 50 years, the Mongols conquered territory from China to Poland. In so doing, they created the largest unified land empire in history.
The Mongols
Kublai Khan ruled the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294.
The general school of thought is that the Mongol empire broke up due to the death of the last of the Khan's. Others believe it was simply because the feuding had gone on for too many years.
They conquered other people.
The empire split into four khanates which lead to one of the biggest changes in the Mongol empire. The four khanates were the Golden Horde in the northwest, Chagatai Khanate in the west, Ilkhanate in the southwest, and the Yuan Dynasty in modern day Beijing.
Alexander the Great.
After his death his son succeeded him and added to his empire by conquering more of Europe and china, eventually the mongolian empire died out