In the first years of the 12th century, about a century before Genghis Khan's rise to power, the Jurchens, another nomadic group from the lands north of China stormed south and in an alliance with the Song Dynasty, waged war on the Liao Dynasty. read more
In the first years of the 12th century, about a century before Genghis Khan's rise to power, the Jurchens, another nomadic group from the lands north of China stormed south and in an alliance with the Song Dynasty, waged war on the Liao Dynasty. read more
The Mongol invasion of China was a series of major military efforts by the Mongols to invade China proper. It spanned six decades in the 13th century and involved the defeat of the Jin dynasty, Western Xia, the Dali Kingdom and the Southern Song. read more
Among them, Kublai Khan, one of Genghis Khan's grandsons, unified the vast land of the northern areas of China and founded a new dynasty in 1271- the Yuan Dynasty, with Yuandadu (currently Beijing) as its capital. read more
One of the major goals of Genghis Khan was the conquest of the Jin dynasty, allowing the Mongols to avenge the earlier death of a Mongol Khan, gain the riches of northern China and to establish the Mongols as a major power in the East-Asian world. read more
Mongol Conquest of Yuan Dynasty The Yuan Dynasty was developed from the mighty Mongolian Empire on the northern prairie. It was founded by Tiemuzhen, who initially unified all tribes of the Mongolian minority and was honored as Genghis Khan (meaning the ruler of the world). read more