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Mongol emperor of China from 1259. He
completed his grandfather Genghis Khan's
conquest of N China from 1240, and on his
brother Mungo's death 1259 established
himself as emperor of China. He moved the
capital to Beijing and founded the Yuan
dynasty, successfully expanding his empire
into Indochina, but was defeated in an
attempt to conquer Japan 1281.