Mongols overrun Poland, Hungary, and Kievan Rus
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- Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference pp. 109-112 · open book
By 1241 , Mongol troops had devastated Kiev, defeated Poland, conquered Hungary, and, under the fearsome Khan Batu, were advancing on Vienna. Thirty-five years later, Chinggis's grandson Khubilai Khan captured the Song dynasty's capital in China.