WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Genghis Khan’s grandson, Kublai Khan, defeated the Chinese Southern Song in 1279, and for the first time all of China was under foreign rule.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most notably, the Mongol invasions of Japan in the 1270s and 1280s were disastrous for Kublai’s men. The Japanese decisively defeated the Mongol invaders, who lost tens of thousands of men in the failed ventures, and prevented the Mongol Empire from expanding into Japan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kublai Khan and his forces defeated what is known as the Southern Song Dynasty. The northern half of China had already fallen under Mongol control before Kublai came to power. He completed the conquest of China, defeating the Southern Song by 1279 CE after key battles on the Yangtze River and near Hangzhou.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Mongols (Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368), after defeating the Jurchen in the early 13th century, went on and fully defeated the Song to control all of China. “This silver ingot has an inscription engraved in Chinese on one side, part of which reads ‘forty-nine taels and seven, ‘ referring to the weight of the ingot.