CHAPTER XXXIV. THE GREAT EMPIRE OF JENGIS KHAN AND HIS

SUCCESSORS

§ 1. Asia at the end of the twelfth century 105

§ 2. The rise and victories of the Mongols 108

§ 3. The travels of Marco Polo 114

§ 4. The Ottoman Turks, the Turkish Caliph, and Constantinople 120

§ 5. Why the Mongols were not Christianized 126

§ 5A. Kublai Khan founds the Yuan Dynasty 127

§ 5B. The Mongols revert to tribalism 128

§ 5C. The Kipchak empire and the Tsar of Muscovy 128

§ 5D. Timurlane 130

§ 5E. The Mongol empire of India 133

§ 5F. The Mongols and the Gipsies 137