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Conflict East Asia

Mongol Conquest of Song China

1235 CE – 1279 CE · 44 years

The Mongols' decades-long campaign to conquer the Southern Song — the richest and most populous state in the world. The war ended at the naval Battle of Yamen, where the last Song emperor drowned, completing Mongol unification of China.

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Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Mongol Empire / Yuan Dynasty
  • Southern Song Dynasty

Key moments

Defining events in the Mongol Conquest of Song China.

  1. 1267-1273 Siege of Xiangyang
  2. 1279 Battle of Yamen
  3. 1276 Fall of Lin'an

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