HIST 4618 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Origin Myth, Gray Wolf, Exogamy
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The mongol empire was a global empire that reigned from 1206-1369. They did not take over all of china until 1279 and ruled china until 1368. China became the most important part of the. Mongol empire, but the mongol empire was not a chinese empire. Empire stretched from east europe in hungary, to vietnam, and even in parts of indonesia. One of the few places that the mongols could not conquer was actually japan. The mongol empire never stopped conquering until its collapse. The mongolian conquest connected eurasia in a new way. For example, many people in eurasia began to travel more and visit other parts of the world. The more common occurrence however was the mongolians forced them to migrate to other locations. This forced migration occurred the most when the mongolian empire to beijing. The mongolians uprooted thousands of asian artisans to help build new structures in beijing. One of these artists was a famous artist from.