Mongol conquest of China

Mongol conquest of China
Part of the Mongol invasions and conquests

Mongol campaigns located in modern-day China.
Date1205–1279 (74 years)
Location
Result Mongol victory
Territorial
changes
Founding of the Yuan dynasty, reunification of China
Belligerents
Pre-1234 northern campaigns Pre-1234 northern campaigns
Post-1234 southern campaigns
Post-1234 southern campaigns
Commanders and leaders
Battle between the Mongol and Jin Jurchen armies in north China in 1211 depicted in the Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani.

The Mongol conquest of China was a series of major military efforts by the Mongol Empire to conquer various empires ruling over China for 74 years (1205–1279). It spanned seven decades in the 13th century and involved the defeat of the Jin dynasty, Western Liao, Western Xia, Tibet, the Dali Kingdom, the Southern Song, and the Eastern Xia. The Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan started the conquest with small-scale raids into Western Xia in 1205 and 1207.

In 1279, the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan formally established the Yuan dynasty in the Chinese tradition, having crushed the last Song resistance, marking the reunification of China under Mongol rule, the first time that non-Han people had ruled the entire country. It was the first time that Tibet was unified with the rest of China.[1]

  1. ^ Hugh D. Walker "Traditional Sino-Korean Diplomatic Relations : A Realistic Historical Appraisal", Monumenta Serica, Vol. 24 (1965), pp. 155–16, (p.159)

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