TIMELINE OF MONGOL INVASIONS AND EXPANSION 1205 – 1209 Mongol invasion of China 1207 Mongol conquest of Siberia 1211 – 1234 Mongol-Jin Dynasty War 1215 Mongols captured the Emperor of China, ending the battle of Beijing 1218 – 1220 Mongol invasion of Central Asia 1235 – 1279 Mongol conquest of the Song Dynasty 1238 Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir 1240 Krakow is ravaged by Mongols 1258 Baghdad falls to the Mongol 1260 The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire