HIST 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dzungar People, Oirats, Mongol Invasions And Conquests
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Kubilai khan (chinggis" grandson) vanquished s. song: conquered south china (1279 ce) first time all china under foreign rule -> bad press for mongols from chinese historians, esp. in late qing. Chinggis khan first thought to turn n. china into grazing ground persuaded by liao nobleman to spare farmers: more profitable to tax them than to kill them. Kubilai khan (1279-94) put in place discriminatory measures: ranking people by ethnic origins for appointments: Grand canal extended to supply grain to beijing despotism - increased gap between emperor and ministers further increased centralized imperial powers provincial govts branches of central ministries religious toleration: shamanism, buddhism, daoism, islam, christianity; influence of confucianism diluted. Later mongol rulers more and more sinicized: made use of confucianism civil services exams reinstated. Mongol empire really was a mongol-turkic empire under mongol leadership. Yuen dynasty in china ended in 1368, when chinese rebels expelled mongols and established ming dynasty; but.
