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History Lesson 50
key terms and key people
Question | Answer |
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Marco Polo | one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China |
Ogodei | second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire by succeeding his father,Genghis Khan. He continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun, and was the Great Khan when the Mongol Empire reached its furthest extent west during the invasion of Europe. |
Kublai Khan | a prominent Mongol ruler in the 13th century and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty. |
Timur | conqueror of much of western and Central Asia, and founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty (1370–1405) in Central Asia |
Shahrukh | Timurs fourth son who won control over the mongols. |