Mongols Take China

When the Sung dynasty ended in 1279 ad, the Mongols took over. Gangkas Khan, the first ruler, was born around 1167 ad. His first European target was Russia. I bet he is going to be the only one with a successful invasion of Russia in the winter ever. He succeeded in gaining land. Marco Polo even wrote that he was the most powerful man since Adam. Gangkas ruled northern China. Then, his son, Kublai Khan, was born. Kublai ruled southern china. When Gangkas died, Kublai ruled all of Chinas land. He decided that only Mongols should get the high government jobs and only mongols could serve in the military. When Marco Polo came back and stayed with Kublai for 17 years, he wrote a book about it. It tells of his experiences and things that no one else really knows about the Khan. But eventually, the Mongols fell and in 1368, the Ming took over.