The Yuan Dynasty: When Mongols Ruled China

In Part One of this series, we watched a group of nomads from the Mongolian steppe build the largest land empire in the history of the world. This is the part two, the Mongols rule over the great civilization of China. The full history of the Yuan dynasty. 0:00 Intro 0:18 Who Was Kublai Khan? 02:56 The Fall Of The Song Dynasty 06:35 Building The Yuan Dynasty 10:46 Life Under Mongol Rule 15:13 Marco Polo In China 16:46 Failed Conquests And Overreach 20:55 What The Yuan Dynasty Created 24:23 The Yuan Dynasty In Decline 27:12 The Fall Of The Yuan Dynasty 31:20 Outro Sources ●Rossabi, Morris. Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times (University of California Press) ●Twitchett & Franke (eds.). The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 6: Alien Regimes and Border States, 907–1368 ●Encyclopaedia Britannica — entries on Kublai Khan, Marco Polo, the Grand Canal, and the Kamikaze of 1274 and 1281 ●World History Encyclopedia — "Xanadu" and "The Mongol Invasions of Japan, 1274 & 1281 CE" ●UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Site of Xanadu; The Grand Canal ●Funada Yoshiyuki, research on the Semu and the "four-class system" (Hiroshima University) — revising the four-class model ●De Re Militari — "The Mongol Siege of Xiangyang and Fan-ch'eng" ●Zerjal, T. et al. (2003). "The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols," American Journal of Human Genetics — the 16-million-descendants study ●Turnbull, Stephen. The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281 (Osprey) ●Nippon.com — "Saved by the Wind? The Mongol Invasions of Japan" ●HISTORY.com — "Kublai Khan: Biography, Death & Achievements" ●Wikipedia (as a starting-point aggregator, cross-checked against the above): Yuan dynasty; Battle of Yamen; Battle of Xiangyang; Red Turban Rebellions; Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan; Imperial examination AI usage: All video ideas and topics on this channel are created by me. AI is used as a tool to assist with research and script development and voiceover. It’s also used to enhance historical images or paintings, and generate visuals for scenes where needed.