The Mongols

Mongol Area

Steppes of northwest

China

Geography of the land

Were nomadic and lived in

yurts

Genghis Khan

The Empire begins

Brilliant Military leader

Expert warriors

A Mongol Warrior prepared

for battle

The Catapult

The Yuan Dynasty

Kublai Khan

Mongol Society under

Kublai Khan

Mongols

Other Foreigners

People from Northern China

People From Southern China

Trade Revives along the Silk

Road under the Mongol

control

Marco Polo

He traveled throughout the

empire recording everything he

saw.

Was a diplomat under Kublai Khan

traveled throughout the Empire

Here Marco is dressed in Mongol clothing.

Interesting fact: there is nothing mentioned in

Marco’s book about the Great Wall of China

Marco Polo gave Europeans

their first glimpse of China