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The Yuan Dynasty ( Mongolian: Dai Ön Yeke Mongghul Ulus; Chinese: 元朝) ( 1271- 1368), also called the Mongol Dynasty, was a significant ruling family in Asia. Invading and ruling, during it's hundred year life, over the Mongol Empire, Korea, Japan and China. In the historiography of China, it followed the Song Dynasty and preceded the Ming Dynasty in China - it was the shortest lived ruling Dynasty of a united China. There is a trend among some historians to call it the Dai-ön Ulus to review its characteristics.
1 Birth of the Yuan
1.1 Founding an Empire
A young Ghengis Khan, the first in the line of Yuans, was the son of Yesügei the tribal chief of the Kiyad - a tribe in a fractured MongoliaAlternative meaning: Mongolia (region Mongolia ( Khalkha Mongolian: is a landlocked country in Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south. After the conquest of China by the Mongol Empire, much of Mongolia was ru. His father was killed in his early life by a rival tribe, the Tartars - this rendered him chief of the Kiyad. Many in the tribe did not take well to a boy-ruler, abandoning him. He and his family were thus reduced to a state of abject poverty - however, at the age of 20 he met his future wife BörteBorte was the primary empress of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. Borte is often portrayed as a beautiful woman dressed in a white silken gown,with gold coins in her hair, holding a white lamb, and riding a white steed. She mothered Jochi, Chagatai, Oge, from whom he received a sable coat - his first semblance of power and wealth. He soon traded this coat for a small tribal army and joined the Keriat , a confederacy of Mongol tribes led by Wang Khan . After successful campaigns against the TatarThe term Tatar may refer to A member of the Tatars Tatar language Native people of Tatarstan. See also: Crimea, Turkic peoples, Turkic languages, Tatar invasions.s in 1202Events August 1 Arthur of Brittany captured in Mirebeau, north of Poitiers Beginning of the Fourth Crusade. The chronicle of Roger of Wendover is of original value as of this year. Founding of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword Leonardo Fibonacci invents, Temüjin was adopted as Wang Khan's heir. This led to bitterness on the part of Senggum , Wang's former heir, who planned to assassinate Temüjin. Temüjin learned of Senggum's intentions however, and a large civil war broke out among the Mongols. Eventually Temüjin defeated Senggum and succeeded to the title of Wang Khan. Temüjin created a written code of laws for the Mongols called YassaYassa alternatively Yasa is a Mongol code of law created by Genghis Khan to be strictly followed by all " Mongols. Genghis Khan appointed his son Chagatai, later Chagatai Khan to oversee the execution of it. The document is very comprehensive and has many, and he demanded it to be followed very strictly.
Temüjin now attacked the other tribes and increased his power. By combining diplomacy, organization, military ability, and brutality, Temüjin finally managed to unite the tribes into a single nation, a monumental feat for the Mongols, who had a long history of internecine dispute. In 1206Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. Livonian Brothers of the Sword in alliance with Semigallians conquers Temüjin had successfully united the formerly fragmented tribes of what is now Mongolia, and at a Khurultai/Khuriltai (a council of Mongol chiefs) he was titled "Genghis Khan", or "Universal Ruler". The birth of Mongolia marked the start of what would become the Yuan Dynasty, eventually ruling the expansive Mongol Empire, Russia and large parts of Asia for the following two centuries. Genghis, with his skills in military strategy, now continued the long Mongol tradition of attacking China with greater success than ever before - building a powerful military machine with unity as support.
