A View of the Land: Yuan Dynasty




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           The Yuan Dynasty was ruled by the Mongols so the dynasty consisted of Mongol territory as well. The borders of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) were bigger than those of present day China. The Maroon shaded area represents the land of the Yuan Dynasty and the dotted line represents the present day borders of China and Mongolia. The Yuan Dynasty consists of parts of present day China, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia and India. The previous dynasty, the Song Dynasty, was considerably smaller. The Song Dynasty only consists of land in modern day southern China. When the Mongols concord the Song Dynasty, the land of the Song Dynasty was added to the already large amount of Mongol land. The Mongols had even more territory than just the Yuan Dynasty. The map below shows the entire Mongol territory.  The entire Mongol territory is much larger than the Yuan Dynasty on its own.

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