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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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.
- 1267-1273 Siege of Xiangyang
- 1279 Battle of Yamen
- 1276 Fall of Lin'an
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And in the rest of the world
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Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Mongol conquest of the Song dynastySS · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of RussiaPeter the Great · Public domain
- Sukhothai KingdomUbs6u!d-pongsakorn · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Silk road KazakhstanUser:Kelvin Case User:Turkish Flame User:SmallJarsWithGreenLabels · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yuan dynastyCattette · CC BY 4.0
- YakushimaNASA · Public domain
- Maritime Silk RoadObsidian Soul · CC0
- Mongol invasions of VietnamQiushufang · CC BY-SA 4.0
