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Map showing the extent of the Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty around the year 1300, with the dynasty's territory shaded in light purple and the larger Mongol Empire outlined. Modern China's boundaries are marked in red, and major cities such as Dadu (Beijing) and Karakorum, as well as the Great Wall, are labeled. The map also indicates surrounding regions like Tibet, Mien, and Dai Viet. Close-up of the stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, showing his stern face and traditional Mongolian attire, at Tsonjin Boldog near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Wang Meng: Scholar in a Pavilion Under Trees Ping vase Ren Renfa: Nine Horses funerary urns Ni Zan: The Rongxi Studio
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Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Yuan Dynasty. Sep 12, 2026
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Yuan Dynasty. May 09, 2026
Add new Web site: Smarthistory - Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), an introduction. Nov 19, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Yuan Dynasty Chinese Ceramics Excavated from the Santa Ana Relics of the Philippines -- A study with a focus on comparisons with Yuan dynasty ceramics from the Sinan shipwreck in South Jeolla province (PDF). Aug 30, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Discovery of the Elusive Carbonic Acid (HOCOOH) in Space (PDF). Jul 19, 2025
Add new Web site: Asia Society - The Mongol Dynasty. Jun 06, 2025
Add new Web site: The Claremont Colleges Pressbooks - The One Source of All Things - The Yuan Dynasty. Jan 15, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - China, imperial: 6. Yuan dynasty period, 1279-1368 (PDF). Jun 21, 2024
Add new Web site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - HIST-1500: World History – Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 - The Yuan Dynasty. Feb 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art - Yuan dynasty, 1279–1368. Dec 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Yuan Dynasty. Aug 18, 2023
Add new Web site: China Knowledge - Yuan Dynasty 元 (1279-1368). Jun 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Lumen Learning - World Civilizations - The Yuan Dynasty. May 12, 2023
Add new Web site: China Online Museum - Yuan Dynasty. Feb 15, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Chinese History - 1271-1368 AD - Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty. Nov 18, 2022
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Yuan Dynasty. Aug 31, 2022
Corrected display issue. May 12, 2020
Article thoroughly revised and updated. Nov 30, 2015
Media added. Nov 30, 2015
Changed "poulation" to "population." Dec 18, 2012
Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - City Ruins of the Yuan Dynasty in Jining. Nov 21, 2011
Add new Web site: Kidipede History for Kids - Yuan Dynasty. Aug 04, 2010
Article revised and updated. Apr 07, 2008
Article updated and transliteration changed to Pinyin. Apr 07, 2008
Added new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Y�an Dynasty. Nov 17, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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