<P> In the thirteenth century , Genghis Khan expanded the Mongol Empire to be the largest contiguous empire in the world . However , within two generations , the empire was separated into four discrete khanates under Genghis Khan 's grandsons . One of them , Kublai Khan , conquered China and established the Yuan Dynasty with the imperial capital at Beijing . One family ruled the whole Eurasian land mass from the Pacific to the Adriatic and Baltic Seas . The emergence of the Pax Mongolica had significantly eased trade and commerce across Asia . </P>
<P> In the thirteenth century , Genghis Khan expanded the Mongol Empire to be the largest contiguous empire in the world . However , within two generations , the empire was separated into four discrete khanates under Genghis Khan 's grandsons . One of them , Kublai Khan , conquered China and established the Yuan Dynasty with the imperial capital at Beijing . One family ruled the whole Eurasian land mass from the Pacific to the Adriatic and Baltic Seas . The emergence of the Pax Mongolica had significantly eased trade and commerce across Asia . </P>
by the 13th century the blank was the largest land empire at that point
by the 13th century the blank was the largest land empire at that point
Mongol Empire
Mongol Empire