Kublai Khan takes over China (Yuan Dynasty)

1. The Mongols:
Part 2
Kublai Khan

2. Kublai Khan
aka Great Khan= grandson
of Genghis
 His portion of the empire:
Mongolia, northern China,
Korea,Tibet
Goal: fulfill the goal of
his grand father 
conquer all China
Beginning a
New Dynasty (1/4)

3. Beginning a
New Dynasty
(2/4)
 Chinese fought back,
but finally the
Mongols prevailed
 New Dynasty:
YUAN
 Lasted: <100 years

4. Kublai’s Achievements
 United China for the first time in over 300 years
 Seen as one of China’s greatest emperors
 Opened China to trade with other countries
 Made few changes to Chinese government and culture
when he ruled
Beginning a New Dynasty (3/4)

5. How did Kublai rule?
 Settled in China (did not want to remain
nomadic) not in Mongolia like the other Khans
 Capital in Beijing
Beginning a New Dynasty (4/4)

6. Failure to Conquer Japan
GOAL: CONQUER JAPAN
 To get to Japan,
Mongols forced
KOREANS to build, sail
and provide provisions
for boats
 JAPANESE pushed
them back each time
 KAMIKAZE= “divine
wind”

7. MONGOL RULE IN CHINA
PROBLEMS:
 Chinese outnumbered
Mongols in China
 Little in common
 Mongols lived apart
from Chinese and
obeyed different laws
 Gov. jobs went to
Mongols or foreigners

8. Foreign Trade
TRADE INCREASED…  Mongol Peace
 Caravan routes
 Transported Chinese silks
and porcelain (Silk Roads)
 Inventions: printing,
gunpowder, compass,
paper currency and playing
cards
 Kublai invited foreigners to
visit China

10. Marco Polo at the Mongol Court
 Marco Polo=
Venetian trader
 visited China
 served the great Khan for
17 years
 learned many Asian
languages
 told his stories while in
prison
 Believed his stories were
all tall tales

12. The End of Mongol Rule (1/2)
 Why?
 Expanded too far?
 Luxuries burdened the
treasury
 Resentment from
peasants
 When Kublai died, many
argued over who would
rule
 Rebellions broke out
 Rebellions led to famine,
flood and disease

13. The End (2/2)
 All Khanates started to fall apart
 Only the Golden Horde (Russia) stayed in
power in Russia for 250 years