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Events relating to the mongols
Within a span of less than ten years, from 1215, Genghis Khan and the Mongols plunder from China to eastern Europe
The Mongols conquer the Korean peninsula, subsequently using it as a base for two expeditions against Japan
Batu Khan and his Mongols sweep into Russia, where they and their descendants become known as the Golden Horde
Alexander Nevsky, appointed grand prince of Vladimir in 1252, thrives by collaborating with the Mongols of the Golden Horde
Hulagu and his horde of Mongols cross the Amu Darya river and move against Muslim Persia
Kublai Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan, is elected Great Khan of the Mongols
At Ayn Jalut, near Nazareth, the Egyptian Mamelukes defeat the Mongol army of Hulagu - the first military setback for the Mongols
Kublai defeats his brother Ariq Böge and thus establishes his position as Great Khan of the Mongols
Beijing (known to the Mongols as Khanbaliq, 'city of the khan', and to the Chinese as Dadu, 'great capital') becomes for the first time the capital of China
The Tibetan link with the Mongols brings Tibet within the Chinese empire of Kublai Khan
For the second time Japan is saved from Mongol invasion by powerful storms - which are given the name kamikaze, or 'divine wind'
Chu Yüan-chang drives the Mongols out of Beijing and declares a new dynasty - the Ming (meaning 'brilliant')
Dimitri, grand prince of Moscow, leads other Russian princes in a crushing victory over the Mongols on the Kulikovo plain
Ivan III, grand prince of Russia, becomes the first to deny the Mongols of the Golden Horde their annual tribute of tax
The Mongols, increasingly dominated by their neighbours in Manchuria, submit to them and are accepted by the Manchus as vassals
The Mongols depose the ruling dynasty of Tibet and offer the country to the Dalai Lama, to be ruled by him with Mongol military support