One key question often asked is whether the Mughals, who ruled India from the 16th to 19th centuries, were descendants of Kublai Khan. While they did not directly descend from him, the Mughals ...

The Mongols, led by Kublai Khan (the grandson of Genghis Khan), captured the geographically important city of Xiangyang after a six-year siege. By 1279, the Song dynasty was finished. In a final ...

Kublai Khan moved his capital from Mongolia to Beijing and took the Chinese name Yuan as the name of his dynasty. His descendants ruled as emperors of China until 1368. Although controlled by a ...