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Name: Dali Kingdom (Yuan)

Type: Polity

Start: 1261 AD

End: 1382 AD

Nation: nanzhao

Parent: china

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The Dali Kingdom was invaded by the Mongols in 1253 and became a vassal. With the division of the Mongol Empire the polity became a vassal of the Yuan Dynasty.

Establishment


  • January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.
  • Chronology


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    1. Mongol Civil Wars


    Were a series of wars between the successor states of the Mongol Empire.

    1.1.Toluid Civil War

    Was a war of succession over the Mongol Empire fought between Kublai Khan and his younger brother, Ariq Böke, from 1260 to 1264.

    1.1.1.Division of the Mongol Empire

    The Mongol Empire fragmented into four successor states at the beginning of the Toluid Civil War.


    2. Mongol invasions and conquests


    Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

    2.1.Mongol invasions of Burma

    Were two major military campaigns of the Mongols in Burma.

    2.1.1.First Mongol invasion of Burma

    Were a series of military conflicts between Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty, a division of the Mongol Empire, and the Pagan Empire took place between 1277 and 1287.

  • January 1280: Ngasaunggyan was conquered by the Pagan Kingdom.

  • 3. Ming conquest of Yunnan


    Was the final phase in the Ming dynasty expulsion of Mongol-led Yuan dynasty rule from China proper in the 1380s.

  • January 1383: The Dali kings continued to administer their kingdom as Mongol vassals until the Ming conquest of Yunnan.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1301: By the beginning of the fourteenth century, Sukhothai controlled most of present-day Thailand.

  • January 1351: Despites the opposition of the Yuan dynasty, Mong Mao conquered several surrounding states.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1383: The Dali kings continued to administer their kingdom as Mongol vassals until the Ming conquest of Yunnan.
  • Selected Sources


  • Kopalyan, N. (2017): World Political Systems after Polarity, Taylor & Francis, p. 164
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