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The '''Mongol Empire''' was the largest land empire in history, started by [[Genghis Kahn]] who united the [[Mongol]]s and led them to conquer China, central Asia, and Persia.  His sons divided the empire into four "khanates" or "ulus", under the Great Kahn Ogedei son of Genghis <ref>http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=The_Mongol_Empire</ref>.

The '''Mongol Empire''' was the largest land empire in history, started by [[Genghis Kahn]] who united the [[Mongol]]s and led them to conquer China, central Asia, and Persia.  His sons divided the empire into four "khanates" or "ulus", under the Great Kahn Ogedei son of Genghis.<ref>http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=The_Mongol_Empire</ref>

==Empire-Building==

==Empire-Building==

===Invasion of Europe===

===Invasion of Europe===

Batu, Kahn of the Golden Horde (Russia), invaded Europe in 1241.  He sacked [[Kraków]] and defeated the Polish army, but the death of Ogedei in Asia caused him to retreat since all Mongols traditionally needed to be personally present at the election of a new Kahn. <ref>''The Collected What If? Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been.'' Ed. Robert Cowley.</ref>  To this day, Poland continues to celebrate the battle, claiming it as a strategic victory because the Mongols retreated.

Batu, Kahn of the Golden Horde (Russia), invaded Europe in 1241.  He sacked [[Kraków]] and defeated the Polish army, but the death of Ogedei in Asia caused him to retreat since all Mongols traditionally needed to be personally present at the election of a new Kahn.<ref>''The Collected What If? Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been.'' Ed. Robert Cowley.</ref>  To this day, Poland continues to celebrate the battle, claiming it as a strategic victory because the Mongols retreated.

==Life under the Mongols==

==Life under the Mongols==