THE RISE OF THE YUAN DYNASTY - MONGOL CONQUEST OF CHINA

After the Mongol conquests of Asia, the immense Mongol empire fragmented into many different states. In China, the Yuan dynasty, a sinicised Mongol state, would be founded by Genghis Khan's grandson, Kublai. In this documentary, I explain how the Mongols conquered China and the Song dynasty, and how the Yuan dynasty came into existance.

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♫ MUSIC ♫
Total War Attila - Hun Theme
Total War Attila - Fiddler of the Plains
Total War Attila - Settlers of the Apocalypse
Total War Attila - The Will of Tengri
Total War Shogun 2 - Resolve
Total War Three Kingdoms - Eternal Peace
Mongol Court Music
Ancient Music of the Tang Dynasty
Total War Attila - A thousand arrows
Joy and Peace (Guzheng)
Total War Shogun 2 - Death Cures a Fool
Total War Shogun 2 - Heavy Bune
Total War Shogun 2 - Falling Thunder
The Han Palace Autumn Moon
Total War Attila - The Day of Reckoning
The Loyalist - Lotus Lane

🎬 VIDEO CREDITS 🎬
Mongol (2007)
《钓鱼城》, 蒙古扩张 ("Diaoyucheng", Mongolian expansion) (2015)
Marco Polo (2014)
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)
Zheng He's voyages (2011)
Ghost of Tsushima (2020)

📜 MAIN SOURCES 📜
Khubilai Khan : his life and times (1986), Morris Rossabi
The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties (2010), Timothy Brook

🏷️ TAGS 🏷️
Yuan dynasty documentary
rise of the Yuan dynasty
Kublai Khan documentary
history of China
mongol conquest of China
Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty
mongol invasions of japan

Introduction: (0:00)
Context: (00:49)
Mongke Khan's conquests: (01:59)
The Toluid civil war: (05:31)
Building a new state: (09:06)
Unifying the country: (14:33)
Subjugating neighbours: (19:22)
Kublai's end: (23:39)
Conclusion: (24:20)