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Yuan And Ming Dynasties In China

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September 9, 2015, the day I knew for sure that I needed to travel back in time to take a more detailed look at how it was during the 13th through the 17th centuries of China’s history. I became so attached to my research on the Yuan and Ming dynasties that I had to go back in time to see for myself first hand how it was way back in those days. I am the first person to use a time machine and these two dynasties were at the top of my list on a time to go back to. Yuan Dynasty When I went back to the Yuan dynasty, I found out that the Yuan dynasty,also called Mongol dynasty, dynasty was and spread throughout most of Asia and eastern Europe and established in China by Mongol nomads from 1206-1368. The Yuan dynasty first appeared by Genghis Khan. Genghis began to intrude the Jin dynasty of North China in 1211 and finally took the Jin capital of Yanjing in 1215. For the next six decades the Mongols widened their control over the North and then conquered South China, which was completed in 1279. The final consolidation came under Kublai Khan who ruled from 1260–1294. …show more content…

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