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Name: Goryeo (Mongol Empire)

Type: Polity

Start: 1260 AD

End: 1260 AD

Nation: korea

Parent: mongol empire

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Period of Vassalage to the Mongols after the Mongol invasions of Korea.

Establishment


  • January 1260: The Korean kingdom of Goryeo capitulated in 1259 and became a vassal.
  • Chronology


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    1. 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.

    1.1.Invasions of Korea

    A series of campaigns were conducted between 1231 and 1270 by the Mongol Empire against the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. The last campaign made Goryeo a vassal state of the Yuan dynasty.

    1.1.1.Sixth Mongol Invasion of Korea

    Was the last of a series of military invasion of Korea by the Mongol Empire, and the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea finally became a vassal of Mongols.


    2. Mongol Civil Wars


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

    2.1.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.

    2.1.1.Division of the Mongol Empire

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

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

  • Disestablishment


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


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