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  2. Kublai Khan's campaigns - Wikipedia

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    The campaign for Kublai Khan to conquer southern China under the Southern Song dynasty were specified under the years between 1266 and 1276. This included the declaration of Kublai Khan as the new emperor of China in the year 1271 [1] This was the start of the Yuan dynasty that was a rule incorporated with elements of both Han and Mongol ...

  3. Battle of Xiangyang - Wikipedia

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    Before the rule of Kublai Khan, the Mongols had launched military campaigns as far as Eastern Europe, and had conquered Russia, Siberia, Tibet, Korea, North China, Yunnan, Iraq, Anatolia and Iran. However, the Song dynasty was difficult to conquer because of the strategic location of Xiangyang, which became a vital position for Kublai to ...

  4. Mongol conquest of China - Wikipedia

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    The Yuan dynasty under Kublai Khan after the conquest of Southern Song dynasty. The Mongols quickly enclosed Xiangyang and defeated any attempt to reinforce it by the Song. After a siege that lasted several years, and with the help of Muslim artillery created by Iraqi engineers, the Mongols finally forced the city of Xiangyang to surrender. The ...

  5. Kublai Khan - Wikipedia

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    Kublai Khan [b] [c] (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder and first emperor of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China. He proclaimed the dynastic name "Great Yuan" [d] in 1271, and ruled Yuan China until his death in 1294.

  6. 43 Moments That Had A Bigger Influence On History Than Some ...

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    In 1274 and 1281, Kublai Khan’s fleets were destroyed by typhoons while attempting to invade Japan. The Japanese named these storms “kamikaze,” or divine winds. The survival of Japan’s ...

  7. Mongol invasions and conquests - Wikipedia

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    In 1270, Kublai Khan sent a Chinese official, with a new batch of settlers, to serve as judge of the Kyrgyz and Tuvan basin areas (益蘭州 and 謙州). [21] Ogedei's grandson Kaidu occupied portions of Central Siberia from 1275 on. The Yuan dynasty army under Kublai's Kipchak general Tutugh reoccupied the Kyrgyz lands in 1293. From then on ...

  8. Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Han Chinese and Khitan soldiers defected en masse to Genghis Khan against the Jurchen Jin dynasty. [63] Towns which surrendered were spared from sacking and massacre by Kublai Khan. [64] The Khitan reluctantly left their homeland in Manchuria as the Jin moved their primary capital from Beijing south to Kaifeng and defected to the Mongols. [65]

  9. Timeline of the Yuan dynasty - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). The Yuan dynasty was founded by the Mongol warlord Kublai Khan in 1271 and conquered the Song dynasty in 1279. The Yuan dynasty lasted nearly a hundred years before a series of rebellions known as the Red Turban Rebellion resulted in its collapse in 1368 and the rise of the Ming dynasty.