The History of the Mongols Ben Hill

Although not a member of Genghis Khan's clan Tamerlane looked to Genghis as he tried to build his own Asian empire.

The Mongols ruled Eurasia for almost 200 years but what was the legacy of their empire?

Between 1333 Toghon Temur ruled as the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. He watched as China was conquered by the Ming and the era of the Mongol empire came to an end.

In the 1350's and 1360's the western half of the great Mongol empire began to break apart into a series of smaller states.

In the 1330's and 1340's the most devastating pandemic in history swept across Eurasia killing up to 50 million people.

In the early part of the 14th Century the whole Mongol empire came under increasing stress as the descendants of Genghis continued to fight over his legacy.