Thereafter for more than 200 years Russia remained tributary to the Mongols of the Golden Horde. Ögödei died during a drinking bout, and his troops called off their intended invasion of western Europe. His widow, Töregene, ruled as regent until 1246 when she handed over the throne to Güyük, her eldest son by Ögödei.

Who defeated Genghis Khan?

Alauddin sent an army commanded by his brother Ulugh Khan and the general Zafar Khan, and this army comprehensively defeated the Mongols, with the capture of 20,000 prisoners, who were put to death.

Did Mongols conquer China?

The Mongol conquest of China was a series of major military efforts by the Mongol Empire to invade China proper. ... By 1279, the Mongol leader Kublai Khan had established the Yuan dynasty in China and crushed the last Song resistance, which marked the onset of all of China under the Mongol Yuan rule.