The Polo family were some of the first Europeans to meet and describe the great Mongol rulers of the time , like Kublai Khan and Barka Khan . But who were the Mongols, and what was the Mongol Empire ?
In the beginning , the Mongols were different groups of people who moved around Central Asia . They were men and women who rode form place to place to look for food for their animals. They lived in warm tents called gers which were made from animal skins.
In 1206 the grear Mongol