Kaifeng

northern China whose ruler had made the mistake of demanding Genghis Khan’s submission. The Mongols defeated the Jin Dynasty and the Jin ruler gave over large amounts of silk, silver, gold, and horses. When the Jin ruler moved his court south of Kaifeng, Khan took it as a breach in their agreement, and then,with the help of Jin deserters, sacked Zhongdu to the ground. Genghis Khan later goes to war with the Khwarezm Empire, where the sultan agreed on a trade treaty, but the Mongols killed the…