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5963490015Muhammad Shah IITurkic ruler of the Khwarazm Empire who provoked war with Chinggis Khan0
5963497966TatuKubilai Khan's capital in the north and the site of present-day Beijing1
5963497967KuriltaiMeeting of all Mongol chieftains.2
5963497968Ming DynastyRuling power that rose to replace the Mongol Yuan dynasty,, it controlled China for the next 300 years3
5963500760Prester JohnMythical Christian monarch thought to strike the Muslim enemy from the east to destroy Islam with European Christianity.4
5963500761The Romance of the West ChamberWritten during the Yuan period, it became the most famous Chinese dramatic work5
5963505003KhanatesKingdoms which emerged in the struggle for succession after the death of Chinggis Khan6
5963505004BerkeNew Khan of the Golden Horde and cousin of Chinggis Khan's grandson Hulegu, his conversion to Islam threatened the conquest of the entire Muslim world7
5963505005TumenThe basic fighting unit of 10,000 men that Mongol forces were divided into8
5963505006ChabiThe wife of Kubilai Khan9
5963510706Timur-i-LangLeader of the Turkic nomads noted for barbaric destruction and atrocities10
5963512599Golden HordeOne of the four great khanates into which the Mongol Empire was divided at the time of Chinggis Khan's death11
5963512600TemujinThe name of Chinggis Khan as a youth12
5963512601White Lotus SocietySecret religious sect dedicated to the overthrow of the House of Yuan13
5963516575Battle of KulikovaVictory by an alliance of Russian vassals that helped break the Mongol hold on Russia14
5963519053BaibarsCommander of the Mamluk slave dynasty of Egypt that defeated the Mongols in 126015
5963519054KarakorumCapital of the Mongol Empire established by Chinggis Khan on the steppes16
5963521280Ju YuanzhangMan from a poor peasant family who emerged to found the Ming Dynasty17
5963521385KhaganSupreme ruler of all Mongol tribes18
5963523979Kubilai KhanGrandson of Chinggis Khan, as ruler of China, he played a pivotal role in its history for almost 50 years19
5963523980OgedeiElected Grand Khan after the death of Chinggis Khan and accordance to his wishes20
5963523981BatuGrandson of Chinggis Khan and heir of Jochi21

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