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Date 1206 - 1368

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The Battle of Legnica (Liegnitz), Poland, in 1241
Battle of Legnica
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Battle of Mohi (Sajo River)
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Battle of Kulikovo
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Mongol siege of Kaifeng

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Mongolia
Mongolia
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Tajikistan
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Key People

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Genghis Khan
Mongol ruler
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan
emperor of Yuan dynasty
Giovanni da Pian del Carpini
Franciscan author
Ögödei
Mongol khan
Willem Van Ruysbroeck
French explorer
Möngke
Mongol khan
ʿAṭā Malek Joveynī
Persian historian
Hayton
king of Little Armenia
Andrew Of Lonjumel
French diplomat
Batu
Batu
Mongol ruler
Ligdan
khan of Mongolia
Temür
emperor of Yuan dynasty
Güyük
Mongol emperor
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Mongol chief
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