1260, Kublai Khan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, establishing the "United China". 127 1 year, Kublai Khan changed the name of the country to "Dayuan" in the Book of Changes, and the capital was Dadu in the following year. 1279, the exiled regime in the Southern Song Dynasty was completely destroyed, ending the long-term chaos since the end of the Tang Dynasty. After that, the Yuan Dynasty continued to expand abroad and attacked Japan, Myanmar, Vietnam and Java, but all failed.
In the mid-Yuan Dynasty, the succession to the throne was chaotic, coups were frequent, politics was never on the right track, localization was slow, and development was stagnant. In the later period, political corruption, powerful ministers in power, and increasingly serious ethnic and class contradictions led to the peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, and then the Northern Expedition expelled the Yuan court and captured the metropolis. Since then, Yuan Ting retired to Mobei, known as Beiyuan in history. 1402, Chen Yuangui and Li Chi usurped power to establish Tatar, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty perished.
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During the Yuan Dynasty, a unified multi-ethnic country was further consolidated, and its territory surpassed that of previous dynasties. The Yuan Dynasty abolished Shangshu Province and Menxia Province, but retained Zhongshu Province, Privy Council and Yushitai, which were in charge of politics, army and prison. The provincial system was implemented in local areas, which was the first in China.
The commodity economy and overseas trade in Yuan Dynasty were more prosperous. During the Yuan Dynasty, diplomatic exchanges with other countries were frequent, and envoys, missionaries and business travelers from all over the country came in an endless stream. Culturally, Yuan Qu and other cultural forms appeared in this period, which was closer to secularization.
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