The Mongol-ruled dynasty of China founded by Kublai Khan, integrating China into the broader Mongol world-system while ruling the largest extent of Chinese-administrated territory.
Overthrown by the Ming dynasty in 1368 CE when Zhu Yuanzhang's forces advanced on the capital Dadu (Beijing), causing the last Yuan emperor Toghon Temür to flee north; Dadu fell to the Ming on 20 September 1368, and a Northern Yuan rump state persisted in Mongolia until 1635 CE when Ligdan Khan's successor Ejei Khan surrendered to the Later Jin (Qing).
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Yuan Dynasty — the shape you scrub through changes in 1271 · 1279.
Covers the Mongol dynasty in China within the broader Mongol Empire context.
Rossabi's concise expert survey of the Mongol Empire and its successor khanates, situating the Chagatai ulus and Yuan China within the wider Mongol world.
The standard biography of the Yuan founder.