The Mongol Empire (3) Kublai Khan, grandson of genghis khan, took the title Great Khan in 1260 great khan ruled all mongol empire empire split into four khanates focused on expanding his own khanate Mongolia, Korea, Tibet, and N China Kublai Khan Becomes Emperor chinese held off Kublai's attacks his armies overwhelmed them in 1279 Chinese were always able to fight off invasions before Beginning a New Dynasty Kublai founded new dynasty called Yuan lasted for a century until 1368 Kublai united china for the first time in 300 years Kublai and his successors tolerated chinese culture and made few changes to government Kublai abandoned steppes for china did not share dislikes of settled life built new capital in modern Bejing Moved capital from Mongolia to China