The Mongols Introduction

The Mongol Empire

• Where?• When?• Who?• How?

Expansion of Then Mongol Empire

• Who -United under Ghengis Khan• When- 1206• Where – expansion east to China and west

• Growth of the Mongol Empire, 1206-1294 - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_NPgMMazF4• Crash course world history• www.youtube.com/watch?v=szxPar0BcMo

Timeline

• 1206 Temujin declared Khan over all Mongols- takes title of Ghengis Khan

• 1211 Mongols invade northern China• 1218 Mongols invade Empire of Khwarazm• 1227 Ghengis Khan dies• …invade Vietnam, Japan, Hungary, Poland….• 1294 Kublai Khan dies• Mongol Empire divided into 4 Khanates

• 1345 Black death• 1368 Mongols driven from China by Ming