Middle East

Question 1

Timeline of the Mongols

Answer 1

**Rise of the Empire
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Early 1200s: Genghis Khan conquers N. China, Central Asia and E. Europe

1230s-50s: His successors continue expansion into Persia and the Middle East;

1258: Sack of Baghdad
1260: Mamluks turn Mongols back

Split into four empires

Succession battle and civil war allows four empires to emerge:

N. China: Yuan dynasty under Kublai Khan
E. Europe: Golden Horde
Persia: Ilkhanate
Central Asia: Chagatai Khanate

Decline
Each empire declines in the 1300s