2. Yuan Dynasty (Mongols) 1279 A.D- 1368 A.D

3. Where was this dynasty located? The Yuan Dynasty was located from India, to Russia, to China, to Persia, to parts of Russia, Hungary, Poland and parts of the middle east

4. The Leaders of this dynasty were. Ghenghis Khan Ogedei Khan Mongke Khan Kublai Khan A dynasty is a series of rulers from the same family

5. Accomplishments This dynasty was started in 1279 but was ruling a large part of Asia for about fifty years. In 1276 they took over China. They improved trade from the east to west greatly They also had. the city Marco polo were all the leaders resided

6. More Accomplishments Another accomplishment was their military. It was greatly disciplined, compared to other armies at that time. There harsh training allowed them to be able to shoot flaming arrows or spears at targets with impossible precision on a horse going full speed! They could also fire arrows twice as far as other armies could.

7. How did this dynasty fall/end The Yuan dynasty started to fall during the 1330’s due to a disease called the “black death” or bubonic plague. This killed millions of people. People were already angry with the government at that time for being to Chinese in Mongolia and being to Mongolian in China. They finally fell in 1368 to a rebellion with a leader named Zhu Yuanzhang. There fall led to the rise of the Ming dynasty.

8. Coins of the dynasty This is the Zhi Da Tong Boa 1308-1311 A. D Emperor: Wu Tsung This is the Zhi Zhen Tong Boa 1351 A. D Emperor: Shun Ti This is the Mongol Ta Yuan Tong Boa 1310 A. D Emperor: Wu Tsung

9. Special Thanks To Think Quest Team 16325 http://library.thinkquest.org/16325/c-mon.html Empires Past: China: Mongol Rule Think Quest 3/17/10 Dr.Karen Carr Yuan Dynasty-Mongol Invasion Kidipede 3/17/10 http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/history/mongol.htm Vladimir Bellyaev Yuan Dynasty coins Chinese Coinage Website http://charm.ru/library/yuancoins.htm 3/18/10 Yuan Dynasty Chinese Dynasty http://dynasties1.tripod.com/index.html 3/18/10 http://dynasties1.tripod.com/index.html