In the 13th century China was split up into small, "tribal" groups. Genghis Khan started small-scale raids into the country to claim land and exert his power in about 1205-06. The conquest continued until 1279 when his grandson, Kublai Khan, crushed the last resistance and established the Yuan Dynasty which united the entire area under foreign rule. The Mongol Empire stretched from Eastern Europe to the Sea of Japan and everything in between. Kublai Khan died in 1294, and his remaining empire crumbled under family arguments for control and was overthrown in 1368.
The mongols adopted some features of the Chinese style of government.
No, the Chinese used gunpowder before the Mongols did. So did the Jurchens, who conquered northern China in the early 1100s. The Mongols undoubtedly acquired knowledge of gunpowder weapons from the Jurchens and the Chinese.
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Mongols avoided imposing their beliefs on the Chinese and adopted Buddhism and Taoism.
Same reason as Mongols, Chinese, and Romans were fighting: to make their territory bigger.
They were.
The Chinese were the cause of the fall of the mongols
The mongols adopted some features of the Chinese style of government.
The Chinese.
The Mongols' skill on horseback allowed them to launch surprise attacks against Chinese towns.
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The mongols adopted some features of the Chinese style of government.
No, the Chinese used gunpowder before the Mongols did. So did the Jurchens, who conquered northern China in the early 1100s. The Mongols undoubtedly acquired knowledge of gunpowder weapons from the Jurchens and the Chinese.
They discriminated in that punishments for crimes were not the same for the Chinese.
The Mongols tolerated Persian religions but suppressed Chinese religions.
The Mongols tolerated Persian religions but suppressed Chinese religions.