. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. KALMUCK TARTARS. OgdaL I THE MONGOLIANS, KASHGARTANS, ETC. 405 and Kief, and then reached Pestli and conquered tlie Magyars, pursuingthem to the Adriatic in 1241. Another army conquered and devastatedPoland. But at this time Ogdai died of a disease due to drink and licen-tiousness. Under liis successor Asia Minor and Syria were brought TUKKISH GUABD AT KASHU
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. KALMUCK TARTARS. OgdaL I THE MONGOLIANS, KASHGARTANS, ETC. 405 and Kief, and then reached Pestli and conquered tlie Magyars, pursuingthem to the Adriatic in 1241. Another army conquered and devastatedPoland. But at this time Ogdai died of a disease due to drink and licen-tiousness. Under liis successor Asia Minor and Syria were brought TUKKISH GUABD AT KASHUAK. For another century the Mongol emperors continued supreme inwar throughout Asia, performing such exploits as the capture of Bagdad,in 1263, followed by the capture and sack of Aleppo andDamascus, and the conquest of South China. Kubla Khan ^ ^ ^•was the first Mongol emperor of China ; and in 1264 he founded Pekin to I 4o6 THE INHABITANTS OF ASIA. be the capital of his empire. It was not till 1^76 that the Sung dynastyin South China was conquered ; and in 1279 Kublai was ruler over allChina. He was much more advanced in ideas than any of his predecessors:he forbade massacres,—till then inseparable from Mongol conquests,—encouraged literature, science, Christianity, and Buddhism. His expedi-tions against Japan, Cochin China, Burmah, and Java were unsuccessful;but others to Southern India, Eastern Africa, and Madagascar broughtback at least professions of homage. His long reign ended in 1294, andno great man followed him on his throne. Although some of his
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