THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · 1369–1439

Northern Yuan

Northern Yuan appears on the map from 1369 to 1439. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1369, it covered about 12.20 million km².

One of the realms of Yuan dynasty. Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis, was proclaimed Great Khan in 1260 and in 1271 declared a Chinese-style dynasty called Yuan. He built a new capital at Dadu, modern Beijing, and completed the conquest of the Southern Song in 1279, uniting all of China under foreign rule for the first time.

See Northern Yuan on the map in 1369

Reference map: Map of the Northern Yuan
Reference map: Map of the Northern Yuan naturalearthdata.com, offered to the Public Domain per Terms of Use · CC BY-SA 4.0
On the map
1369–1439
Greatest extent
1369, about 12.20 million km²
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Wikipedia: Northern Yuan · Wikidata Q8959

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
1369–137412.20 million km²
1375–14013.44 million km²
1402–14142.29 million km²
1415–14212.18 million km²
1422–14302.18 million km²
1431–14392.18 million km²

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