How did the mongols interact with Chinese culture?

~Had many conquests in china that they would pillaged villages

~One of his main interests was to conquer China, on the southern side of the Great Wall, which had long kept steppe peoples out of "civilized" lands.

~Jin military men who joined his cause brought with them the knowledge necessary to reduce those fortifications.

~In 1215, he captured and sacked Beijing, forcing recognition of his dominance from the Jin emperor.